Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on 14 October inaugurated the Nagaland Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (NIMSR) in Kohima, which is the first medical college in the northeastern state.

• Mandaviya highlighted that the NIMSR is not just a medical college, but also a research institute.
• Mandaviya, while highlighting the Centre's commitment to improving medical education in India, said, "In a span of just nine years, the (number of) MBBS seats in India has increased from 64,000 to 1.6 lakh. Similarly, PG seats have also doubled in the last nine years."
• He also said that medical students should not limit their scope of research within the national borders.