Dentist killed wife then hanged himself
Dr Peter Khurana ran a dental practice in Canada. Born in India in 1956. He and his mother moved to Switzerland, where he met his first wife, Irene Khurana. The couple moved to Canada. Julie Khurana was killed by her husband, Peter Vinoo Khurana, who then set fire to the home before hanging himself...MORE HERE
IDA IMA call 24 hour strike
Chennai: Private hospitals and clinics in Tamil Nadu embarked on a 24-hour strike on Saturday starting 6 AM, demanding among others, protection to medical professionals and hospitals from attacks in the event of deaths of patients. NEWSLINK
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Talk about convenient, never again will losing the bottle opener stop you from consuming a … A tooth implant that doubles as a bottle opener …Rugby players who lost teeth in the field are given new one that double up as bottle openers...MORE HERE
Warning reg part time faculty
In a move to plug in loopholes while reviewing the standard of medical colleges in the country, the Medical Council of India (MCI) will conduct more surprise inspections and give approvals to only those institutions that have full-time faculty. MORE HERE
Munich implant concept on On 8 and 10 May in Dubai
“Digital dentistry helps to develop new minimally invasive innovative treatment concepts that respect biological principles. One example is the Munich Implant Concept, a concept that wouldn’t be possible without digital technology,” remarked Güth about his upcoming lecture. MORE
BDS graduates want entrance test for MDS at varsity level
Even as Panjab University (PU) is all set to introduce a new master’s in dental surgery (MDS) course at its Dr Harvansh Singh Judge Institute of Dental Sciences from the coming academic session, students who have graduated from the institute last year want the university to reconsider the proposed mode of admission – the All-India Post Graduate Dental Entrance Examination (AIPGDEE) conducted by AIIMS, New Delhi..MORE HERE
Apollo White Dental chain to expand to tier II and III cities
Chief executive officer of Alliance Dental Care, said the company would add 75-100 clinics every year to its existing 91 clinics in operation. The investment for setting up one clinic is Rs 85-95 lakh. The expansion will be a combination of company-owned and collaborative models. Each of these clinics will be spread in 1,500-2,000 sq ft and will have three to five chairs (dentists)...MORE HERE
Dentist accused of hurting children
Protesters have stood outside of Dr. Howard Schneider’s office on the Southside for two days now, waving signs and claiming the pediatric dentist hurt their children or used too much force. LINK
Residence-based quota: Punjab moves SC against HC order
The uncertainty over counselling for postgraduate (PG) admissions to MD/MS courses in medical colleges across Punjab is unlikely to dissipate as the Punjab government has moved the supreme court (SC) against the April 13 decision of the Punjab and Haryana high court that has quashed the residence-based quota. MORE
HC quashes entrance test for NRIs
BENGALURU: The high court on Thursday quashed the January 16, 2015 circular issued by the Medical Council of India (MCI) on the entrance examination for NRI students for admission to the MBBS course from 2015-16.
Allowing a batch of petitions filed by SN Medical College, Bagalkot, and others, a division bench comprising Justices BS Patil and PS Dinesh Kumar officiating at the Dharwad bench held that as per the dictum of the apex court in the PA Inamdar case in 2005, either the Centre or the state government can bring in legislation to regulate admissions and the MCI circular runs contrary to it. TOI news
Dental/medical teachers move to High Court
As many as 88 medical and dental teachers working in state-run medical and dental colleges in Patiala and Amritsar have decided to move the Punjab and Haryana High Court against the state Finance Department. They alleged the department had failed to correct anomalies in their salaries even five years after the implementation of the Fifth Punjab Pay Commission report. LINK
Dental enamel reveals surprising migration patterns
University of Florida researchers have discovered that ancient peoples in the Indus Valley apparently did not stay put, as was previously thought. Equally surprising is how they found out: by examining 4,000-year-old teeth..It was done with dental enamel and chemical analyses of the water, fauna and rocks of the time, using isotope ratios of lead and strontium.FULL STORY
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