Our Correspondent
Kohima | April 3
The Nagaland state’s Department of Health & Family Welfare is steadfastly moving towards improving health delivery system in the state and is developing a medical college in Kohima with 100 academic seats linked with the Naga Hospital Authority Kohima, the annual administrative report of the department says. The upcoming medical college will initially function from two campuses -
Administrative, Academic, Hostel complex for students and residential complex of faculty and staff at Phriebagie and the technical hospital campus at the Naga Hospital Authority Kohima. The report for 2016-17 tabled in the recent state assembly session by Minister for Health and Family Welfare P. Longon further states that the ongoing construction of District Hospital Kohima building at Phriebagie will be converted and utilized for the college. The state government has already invested Rs. 21.46 crores against this project, while the GoI has also released Rs. 46.50 crore for the civil work till date, according to the report.
