<span style="color: #222222;">The Central government has given approval for setting up a Medical college in Mon district of Nagaland. This will be the second medical college in the state, after the Medical College in Kohima which is now under construction.<br />''<br />''Minister for Health and Family Welfare, S Pangnyu Phom said the new Government Medical College will be set up by upgrading District Hospital Mon. He said, this landmark decision of the Union Government will boost the State Government's effort to revolutionise the state health sector.<br />''<br />''He thanked the BJP-led NDA Government under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Health Minister Dr Harshvardhan for sanctioning the new Medical College for the State.<br />''<br />''Mr. Phom said the approval of a new Medical College has fulfilled the long cherished dream of the people of Nagaland and Eastern Nagas in particular. </span><br />