Kohima: The Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has inaugurated the Nagaland Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (NIMSR) in Kohima. This is the first medical college in the northeastern state.
The NIMSR will serve as both a medical college and also a research institute. It is affiliated with the Nagaland University and received the appropriate letter of permission for the admission of 100 MBBS students from the academic year 2023-2024 from the National Medical Commission in April. Subsequently, 85 MBBS students from Nagaland and six from the all-India seats got admitted to the NIMSR and joined the MBBS classes after their induction program on September 1.
Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio said it was a long-cherished dream of the people of Nagaland to have a medical college in their state.The NIMSR would help the state strengthen its secondary and tertiary healthcare and hoped that it would become a centre of excellence in the future.
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