Dental colleges default payment, Quack paradise, Gutka addicts, NEET good vs bad

Crores in defaulted payment of DCI inspection fee- DCI is helpless !
The list of Dental Colleges, which have not deposited their outstanding (totals to over a crore) Inspection Annual Fee for a considerable period of time and are again requested to clear their overdue by 15th September 2013, see the list of colleges and how much they owe to DCI-…CLICK HERE

India is a quack paradise- Dental consultation at bottom
Largest chunk of doctors in the country do not hold the MBBS, a basic prerequisite to practice modern medicine. Instead, they have degrees of alternative medicine like ayurveda or homeopathy, but they may still be prescribing a significant portion of allopathic medicines.IMA says quacks are increasing in the country, both in urban and rural areas, and an estimated 10 lakh quacks are practicing allopathic medicine, out of which four lakh belong to practitioners of Indian Medicine
Consulting charges- While general physicians, dentists and consulting physicians are at the bottom, the top rungs are occupied by the super specialists like oncologists, neurologists, cardiac surgeons and nephrologists – whose fees are 4-5 times that of the general physicians….MORE HERE See graphic below on consult chrgs

UK dentist suspended
A dentist who scared a woman into spending hundreds of pounds on her teeth has been suspended for 12 months.
Dr Muzzafar Zaman, of The Fresh Smile Clinic in High Street, Brighouse, appeared in front of the General Dental Council in London, where they found he ‘crossed the threshold of misconduct’. MORE HERE

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Lakhs of Americans unable to pay for dental care
Most of us have a dentist. We go twice a year for cleanings. Once a year for x-rays. But for the Massachusetts’s 800,000 low-income residents, finding a dentist is not so easy. MORE
Fred Joyal of 1-800-DENTIST has been the nation’s premier dental marketing company said in an interview- We have a much higher number of people with absolutely no way to pay for their dentistry contacting us to help them. It’s kind of heartbreaking and at the same time bizarre — how many people think dentists should provide free care simply because they have no money. People now want to see a dentist who accepts their insurance… MORE

Over 2,000 MBBS/BDS seats available in TN
For dental aspirants, 84 seats are up for grabs at the Government Dental College, while self-financing dental colleges have 937 seats free.
The second phase of counselling for medical colleges will begin on August 5 with 356 seats in government medical colleges and 714 seats in private medical colleges across the State.
A tentative seat matrix and the counselling schedule are available on www.tnhealth.org and www.tn.gov.in MORE HERE

Gutka addicts find a way
People addicted to gutka have no plans to give up the habit with the government ban on the product. They are ‘manufacturing’ gutka by mixing pan masala and tobacco, available in sachets at shops across the district. Companies which were earlier manufacturing gutka are distributing these sachets through shops. ...MORE HERE

Jet airways announces flight sale
Announcing a ‘Nationwide Travel Bonanza’.
There are 7 lakh seats up for grabs on domestic flights across India.
Book these super low fares on or before August 09, 2013 for travel starting August 10, 2013.

NEET debate- is is good or Bad
NEET is Bad for students with bags of money and low marks, its GOOD for meritorious student who are on tight budgets, but .…READ MORE