India, May 18 -- Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday inaugurated the newly built Apulki Medical Centre, a 150-bed advanced cancer and cardiac hospital in Baner, after the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) and BJP leaders quietly dropped a controversial plan to name the facility after late Yashwantrao Bhimale, father of standing committee chairman Shrinath Bhimale.

Just ahead of the inauguration, the civic administration changed the board carrying Bhimale's name and retained the hospital's identity as "PMC Apulki Healthcare" following criticism from civic activists and opposition leaders over the proposed naming decision.

The facility has been developed under a public-private partnership between PMC and Apulki Healthcare Private Li...