Youths of this generation never hesitate to leave their hometown for greener pastures, to abandon their dear ones and serve people in distant land if that fetch a lucrative career and lavish lifestyle.

Doctor Jayant Kumar Ghosh (40) does not represent that kind.

Ghosh returned home to Ranchi to serve his people after completing doctor of medicine (DM) from Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in gastroenterology last year.

With wife Dr Pragya Ghosh Pant, a DM in nephrology, he has set up a super specialty clinic in the heart of the capital to provide quality healthcare services to the poor.

Former Assembly Speaker Inder Singh Namdhari formally inaugurated the clinic, Heritage Super Specialty Centre, spread over 3,000sqft on the ground floor of a three-storey building near Ghosh's ancestral home in Link Tank area on Thursday.

"Only outdoor services, including doctors' advice, will be provided at the centre. One does not require hospitalisation, which will reduce treatment cost and help poor patients avail super specialty services right in the city," said Ghosh.

Pragya, an alumnus of Delhi Public School, Haridwar, said apart from endoscopy, colonoscopy, people could also get treatment of nephrotic syndrome and other kidney-related problems at the centre. "Soon, we will provide dialysis facility here," she added.

An alumnus of city-based St John's School and St Xavier's College, Ghosh did his MBBS from NRS Medical College and Hospital, Calcutta, in 1998 and MD from BHU in 2004. Then, he did DM from BHU in 2014.

However, instead of chasing a highly paid career outside, he decided to return to the place where his ancestors lived since 1890.

Asked, he would give credit to his wife for the endeavour. "I thank my wife for extending her cooperation to help me realise the project. I am from this city and it is my duty to do something for my hometown. But, she is from Haridwar and yet gave her full support for this endeavour," he said.