NEET 2016: SC dismisses extension of admissions to vacant 5000 seats

Supreme Court (SC) dismissed the extension of NEET 2016 medical admission in vacant seats quashed as SC dismissed extension of medical admission. The apex court heard the case filed by Delhi based NGO Sankalp Charitable Trust demanding filing of vacant medical and dental seats across the country. The Supreme Court had earlier set September 30 as the deadline to fill up all the medical and dental seats. The last date of admission was revised to October 7 by the apex court.

Sankalp Charitable Trust, Delhi had filed a petition in the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court bench dismissed the petition stating that it will not further extend the dates for filling the seats for this academic year. There are approximately 5000 seats will have been filled. The Supreme Court had earlier ordered for combined counselling for all unfilled medical seats in Maharashtra. This year, Maharashtra will use the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) as the qualifying examination for admission into the post-graduate diploma courses conducted by the College of Physicians and Surgeons (CPS).

In 2017, NEET will be held in regional languages. The decision will be soon announced by the HRD ministry to expand the implementation of the Right to Education (RTE) Act. It was also decided that the students’ concerns will be at the centrepoint of any decision taken on the national common entrance examination. The Central Board of Secondary Education will conduct the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for admission to MBBS and BDS Courses in the academic session.

Rugby Players Replace Their Knocked Out Teeth With Bottle Openers Implant

An Argentinian beer company replaced rugby players’ missing teeth with bottle opener implants as part of an ad campaign.
The Salta beer ad, created by agency Ogilvy Argentina, documented how the company teamed with an oral surgeon “to reward players who gave everything they’ve got on the field — including their teeth.”

“We decided to give rugby players back the teeth they had lost in battle,” the ad says. “But we weren’t going to give them a simple tooth back we developed a unique dental implant, a specially designed tooth to open beer.”

The implants, which were installed by Dr. Sebastian Juri, bear the Salta brand name and were demonstrated to be working beer bottle openers by the patients at the end of the ad.

Visiting your dentist twice a year may cut pneumonia risk

Good oral hygiene can reduce bad bacteria in the mouth and thus decrease the risk of developing pneumonia, a research has found. 

Pneumonia is an infection that inflames air sacs in one or both lungs, which may fill with fluid. The infection is more common among older people and those with conditions such as AIDS or lung disease.

The study found that people who never get dental checkups had an 86 per cent greater risk of pneumonia than those who visit the dentist twice a year.

“There is a well-documented connection between oral health and pneumonia, and dental visits are important in maintaining good oral health,” said lead author Michelle Doll, Assistant Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University in the US.

Jaipur Dental College officials put on APO over negligence

Jaipur: The Dental College principal and hospital superintendent were put on APO (awaiting posting orders) by health minister Rajendra Rathore during his inspection of the college on Tuesday morning.

The incident took place when Rahtore paid a surprise visit to Dental Hospital at Shatri Nagar on morning; he was baffled over the lack of facilities at the college and put principal and hospital superintendent on APO. The decision was taken after the minister met the patients and their relatives and expressed dissatisfaction over the state of affairs at the hospital.

NEET 2016: Petition filed regarding vacant MBBS and BDS seats in Supreme Court

The Supreme Court will hear the petition regarding the vacant MBBS and BDS seats in Supreme Court on October 28. The petition has asked the top court to fill all seats in all medical and dental colleges by way of centralised counselling and on the basis of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) ranking of the candidates. The petitioner Dr Gulshan Garg, from Sankalp Trust said that they have calculated the vacant seats listed on various states websites. Approximately 5000 seats are not filled.

The reasons cited for the petition stated that since due to the situation created by the introduction of NEET and late finalization of modalities of the counselling processes for admission to medical and dental colleges, most of the seats in various states could not be filled by September 30, 2016. The Supreme Court will hear a plea on this matter on October 28. The case will be represented by senior lawyer Prashant Bhushan.

Quack 'practising' since 8 months arrested in Jalandhar, Punjab

KOLHAPUR: Police on Tuesday arrested a man from Punjab for allegedly "practising" as a dentist for eight months without a proper licence at Bambawade village in Shahuwadi taluka, around 50km from here.

Accused Sardar Swaransingh is originally from Jalandhar in Punjab. He failed to provide licence or proper certificate supporting his practice when police asked him to do so.

Police said Swaransingh admitted that he worked as an assistant to a dentist at his native place in the past.

According to police, he used to ask passengers at ST bus stand and other transit places whether they are suffering from dental problems. Police also found some surgical equipment, medicines and dummy teeth made of acrylic or fibre on him at the Bambawade ST stand.

Joint research in oral healthcare announced

KOLKATA: Guru Nanak Institute of Dental Sciences and Research (GNIDSR) - an institute under the aegis of JIS Group Educational Initiatives, IIT-KGP and IIEST (Shibpur) today has taken a humanitarian step to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in order to conduct interdisciplinary research in contemporary fields of oral healthcare.

The occasion was graced by Chandrima Bhattacharya, Chairperson, West Bengal

 Medical Services, who graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. Also stalwarts of the Indian Oral and Dental industry and academia as well as other eminent personalities such as S.K. Bhattacharya, Deputy Director IIT - KGP; Ajoy Roy, Director, IIEST Shibpur; Suranjan Das, Vice Chancellor, Jadavpur University and Dibyendu Mazumder, President - Dental Council of India, R.R. Paul, Deputy Director and In-Charge (R&D), GNIDSR and T.K. Pal, Principal, GNIDSR were present for the commemoration of MoU signing occasion.