Srinagar Mayor and Junaid Azim Mattu on Sunday said he had been diagnosed with a bone marrow disorder after medical investigations in New Delhi. “After some recent health issues and consequent investigations in Delhi, I’ve been diagnosed with a chronic Myeloproliferative Neoplasm (bone-marrow disorder) called Polycythemia Vera (PV). The treatment and management of the disorder was initiated immediately,” Mattu, who is a senior Jammu & Kashmir People’s Conference (JKPC) leader Mattu said, “the prognosis, the doctors tell me, is ‘very good’. I’ve been told that – with proper management, healthy lifestyle choices and regulars treatment and monitoring – I should be able to live a healthy, normal and productive life for many many years.” “I look forward to being back to work this week and will continue my treatment schedule and regime while working. This is a battle I intend to fight and fight with conviction and positivity. I needed to put this out to dispel whispers and rumors about my health,” he wrote in another tweet. Former J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah took to Twitter to wish Mattu a speedy recovery. “I’m terribly sorry to read this Junaid but relieved to know that you have the condition under control & that the prognosis is good. You are in our prayers, Allah Shifa de,
