CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Delhi’s Sir Ganga Ram Hospital has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for opening an Ayurvedic centre in China.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Sir Ganga Ram Hospital is a 675-bed multi-speciality private hospital in Rajendra Nagar, Delhi. It provides comprehensive medical services to patients from all over Southeast Asia. The hospital’s Minimal Access Surgery department was the first such department in South Asia.

Detailed explanation-3: -The hospital was founded initially in 1921 at Lahore by Sir Ganga Ram (1851-1927), a civil engineer and leading philanthropist of his times. After the partition in 1947, the present hospital was established in New Delhi on a plot of land approximately11 acres.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1921, it was opened in Lahore, where it still stands by the same name and is currently run by the government of Pakistan. During the same period and in the same vicinity, Sir Ganga Ram had also built a medical college by the name of his son: Balak Ram Medical College.

Detailed explanation-5: -SIR GANGA RAM HOSPITAL : NEW DELHI The hospital is recognized by institution including leading corporations / public sector / private sector / insurance / TPA companies / diplomatic missions.