India, Feb. 20 -- Given the acute shortage of expert doctors in Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC)-run hospitals, the PMC health department has reached out to Dr D Y Patil Hospital and Research Centre for their support in offering free specialised medical services to needy patients at PMC-run hospitals.

There is a shortfall of nearly 74% in terms of specialist doctors at PMC-run hospitals which makes it difficult to provide specialised medical care at civic facilities. After the PMC health department reached out to Dr D Y Patil Hospital and Research Centre for their support, officials from the latter, too, agreed to begin providing free healthcare facilities.

As per PMC officials, the initiative is the brainchild of PMC health chief Dr Ni...