Dental students can help detect oral cancers in rural areas during internships'

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April 22, 2012

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Mangalore, April 22: Internships in rural areas for dental students will benefit them as well as the rural population said Dr. Dibyendu Majumdar, President, Dental Council of India.

He was speaking at a programme organized as part of the silver jubilee celebrations of Manipal College of Dental Sciences (MCODS) at TMA Pai International Convention Centre in Mangalore on Sunday.

Statng that dental students must spend the last three months of their course as interns in rural areas, Mr. Majumdar said that such an exercise will give exposure to students and serve the poor as well.

“We only treat 30% of the people in our country. The rest of the 70% live in rural areas. If students spend their internship days in rural areas whether in satellite centres, primary health care centres or through mobile clinics, it will help in better diagnosis of cancers too. More than 50-60% of the cancers in the rural areas are oral cancers and students can play a great role in its diagnosis. This would also serve the rural populace as it would be free for them”, Mr. Majumdar said.

The DCI chief also said on the occasion that clinical materials along with infrastructure are very important for dental colleges. “I have given orders to several colleges in the country giving them a year's breathing time to set their infrastructure right and arrange for the clinical materials, failure of which will result in shutting down of the institution”, he said, expressing contentment on the facilities and infrastructure that MCODS has.

Dr. V. Surendra Shetty, Dean, MCODS, presented an overall report of the institution.

Dr. H S Ballal, Pro Chancellor, Manipal University, Dr. K Narayan, Vice Chancellor, Manipal University, Dr. G K Prabhu, Registrar, Manipal University were present among others.

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May 5,2020

Mangaluru, May 5: The Dakshina Kannada district administration has denotified two containment zones, Sampya in Puttur and Thumbe in Bantwal. They were declared containment zones after one coronavirus positive case was reported from each area.

All the primary and secondary contacts of the patients have completed home quarantine period, said DC Sindhu B Rupesh.

The district administration hitherto had already denotified three other such containment zones based on a report of DHO,  after no new case was reported in the area in the last 28 days.

At present, the district has six containment zones-- Shakthinagara, Boloor, First Neuro Hospital in Mangaluru city, Uppinangady in Puttur, Kasaba and Narikombu in Bantwal taluk.

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May 7,2020

Mangaluru, May 7: The Dakshina Kannada District Muslim Okkoota has strongly condemned permit for opening of textile and footwear shops across the district at a time when the number of Covid-19 positive cases are on the rise.

In a press note here on Thursday, former Mayor and Okoota President Ashraf alleged that the permission to open the shops at a time when Eid-ul-Fitr was nearing would lead to rush in the shops in turn bringing in fear of spread of Covid-19. 

He expressed his resentment over the fact that the administration has neglected the appeal made by the Okkoota as well as the Qazi of Udupi against permitting textile shops during the lockdown period.

He warned that the administration, district in-charge Minister, MLA and MP themselves will be responsible in case of increased infection cases due to this decision.

The district in-charge minister Kota Srinivas Poojary yesterday had announced that textile shops in the district can be opened from May 7.

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January 20,2020

New Delhi, Jan 20: Security has been beefed up at airports across the country after a suspicious bag was found at the Mangaluru airport on Monday.

According to Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), which guards the airports in the country, a man was captured in the CCTV dropping the bag inside Mangaluru airport.

According to the CISF DIG Anil Pandey, traces of improvised explosive device (IED) have been found from the bag.

"According to CCTV footage, a suspect kept the bag at Mangaluru airport and was then seen leaving in auto while concealing his face. The suspected object was detected timely and local bomb disposal team is working on its disposal," DIG Pandey told media.

"We have found traces of IED from a bag lying at a ticket counter in Mangaluru airport, we have safely evacuated it," DIG Pandey told media.

According to sources, initial investigations have revealed that the bag contained some type of black powder.

"Initial investigation has revealed that the bag contained a black powder which seems to be explosive, though it is yet to be cleared what kind of explosive it is," sources claimed.

"After we found the suspicious bag at Mangaluru airport, a security drill has been initiated at all the airports and CISF staff have been asked to beef up security," DIG Pandey said.

Also Read: IED recovered from Mangaluru Airport defused safely; 3 teams formed to nab suspect: Top cop

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