Srinagar, March 23 -- The Jammu & Kashmir government has reaffirmed that the Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Soura remains an autonomous institution, with no changes to its status before or after the reorganization of J&K.Responding to a query from MLA Tangmarg, Farooq Ahmad Shah, Minister for Health and Medical Education Sakina Masood Ittoo informed the Legislative Assembly that SKIMS continues to function as both a tertiary care hospital and a deemed university. It grants degrees under the SKIMS (Grant of Degrees Act), 1983, while its budget allocation remains under the Health Department.The government clarified that SKIMS has always been under the Health and Medical Education Department as per the First Schedule of...