Jammu, Feb. 22 -- In a significant development, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has approved 24 new super-speciality postgraduate (PG) seats in Government Medical Colleges (GMCs) of Jammu and Srinagar, and SKIMS Soura, an official spokesman said.

The seats have been approved in streams like cardiology, urology, pulmonary medicine, medical gastroenterology, paediatric surgery, neuro-anaesthesia, paediatric and neonatal anaesthesia and clinical immunology and rheumatology, the spokesman said.

Welcoming the development as a "major milestone", Minister for Health and Medical Education, Sakeena Itoo, said this transformational step underscores the government's commitment to expanding specialised healthcare infrastructure and medical ed...