Chandigarh, Nov. 11 -- In a major boost to postgraduate medical education in city, the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, has got a go-ahead from the National Medical Commission (NMC) to add 22 more seats to its three-year postgraduate medical (MD/MS) courses from the 2026-27 academic year.

The college currently has 155 MD/MS seats, which will go up to 177.

The newly sanctioned seats will be filled during the second round of counselling for the session. The approval has been granted by the Medical Assessment and Rating Board (MARB) of the NMC through its revised seat matrix for the institution.

Of the total additional seats, four are in general medicine, three each in general surgery, ophthalmology and paediatri...