LUCKNOW, Oct. 30 -- The National Medical Commission (NMC) has given the nod to increasing seats in PG courses in the Anesthesia, Pathology, and Radiotherapy departments of the King George's Medical University (KGMU), in a letter dated October 29.

While increasing 12 seats in the medical university, the body that regulates medical education in India, has also given permission to start MD courses in sports medicine and skin and leprosy, two new departments. Each of these departments will get four seats each. Thus, in all, 20 PG seats have been added to the institution, said KGMU officials.

Students can take admission in the increased and new courses from the new academic session.

The Anesthesia department had 42 MD seats and had requeste...