Lucknow: Chief secretary SP Goyal on Saturday said Lucknow would be developed as a medical tourism hub by expanding specialised healthcare services across the city.“Lucknow is equipped with a wide range of medical facilities, including world-class hospitals in both the public and private sectors, advanced diagnostic services and affordable healthcare. The city also has hotels and hospitality infrastructure to cater to patients and their attendants coming from other parts of the country and abroad. With these facilities in place, Lucknow has the potential to emerge as a major medical tourism hub,” he said.Goyal was speaking at an event organised to mark the completion of two years of HealthCity Vistar Super-specialty Hospital and Trauma Centre in Gomti Nagar Extension.He said a meeting would soon be held with hospitals, medical experts, stakeholders from the medical tourism sector and representatives of the hospitality industry to discuss requirements and prepare a roadmap for promoting medical tourism in Lucknow.Around 200 guests attended the event, including Padma Shri awardee and actor Anil Rastogi, Amit Kumar Ghosh, additional chief secretary, medical health, family welfare and medical education department, ACS Home Sanjay Prasad, senior doctors, govt officials and others.Hospital managing director Dr Sandeep Kapoor said the facility was expanding its services in line with patients’ healthcare needs. He said the objective was to provide more advanced treatments in Lucknow and reduce the need for patients to travel outside the city.“More than 100 senior doctors and surgeons are working across over 25 super-speciality departments. We plan to further expand our services and develop the hospital into a training institute equipped with advanced facilities, including robotics across departments,” he said.Dr Kapoor added that most of the hospital’s doctors and specialists are from Lucknow.