CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Maharashtra Government, during the Budget presentation announced that the country’s first medical city will be set up in Pune.

Detailed explanation-2: -Recently the Maharashtra government has announced to set up ‘Indrayani Medicity’ in Pune. This will be the first medical city in the country. It will provide all kinds of special treatment under one roof. This medical city will be built on 300 acres of land area in Khed Taluka of Pune.

Detailed explanation-3: -The city of Chennai has been termed “India’s health capital". Multi- and super-specialty hospitals across the city bring in an estimated 150 international patients every day. Chennai attracts about 45 percent of health tourists from abroad arriving in the country and 30 to 40 percent of domestic health tourists.