The way several States, including Odisha, battled the Covid-19 pandemic and emerged successful must be documented for generation of evidence so that the situation could be tackled effectively if the country faced a similar calamity in future, Senior Consultant (Health) of the ,Dr K Madan Gopalsaid.
The course would include nine semesters while the students would be trained in comprehensive clinics for better Learning and patient ease at each institute, he said, adding he was hopeful that the new curriculum would be launched next year.
There were 316 dental colleges under DCI while around 26,000 students were taking admission in those colleges, Dr Mazumdar said while praising IDS for being ranked 10th in the country though it was started in 2006. Besides, it was the only dental science institute in the country which was among the ten institutes affiliated to Cochrane India Network.