Karachi: Dr. Ishrat Ul Ebad Khan Institute of Oral Health Sciences, Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) organized 5th Annual Dental Symposium from 21st to 26th November 2011 on the theme “Promoting Execllence in Dental Care” at DIKIOHS Sindh Medical College.
The Inaugural Ceremony of the Symposium and Trade Exhibition was held today in which Prof. Dr. Sohail Abbas, Principal, de’Montmorency College of Dentistry, Lahore was the Chief Guest on the occasion.
Prof. Dr. Sohail Abbas in his address said that Dentistry is a very serious topic. There is lack of dental specialists in our country. He emphasized on promoting excellence in dental care by selecting excellent student to dental education and importance of clinical training of students.
He was of the view that this Symposium is a unique platform that provides opportunities to exchange the knowledge and experience, recent developments, scope of opportunities and innovations. It also serves to help the deserving community. Such types of symposium should be organized on regular intervals.
DUHS has been playing an important role in enhancing professional skills of the medical community and it is really good to see that a large number of medical experts are imparting professional skills and are successfully applying that knowledge in their relevant fields.
He was pleased to see that DUHS has progressed tremendously in very short period under the dynamic leadership of Prof. Masood Hameed Khan. He also appreciated the untiring efforts of the organizing committee in organizing this learning-full symposium and wished all success in this task which is ahead of them.
Prof. Masood Hameed Khan, Vice Chancellor-DUHS in his address said that we often see patient going abroad for dental implant. This service should be in Pakistan. He emphasized on strengthening community dentistry. He said that all the public sector universities should collaborate to share experience and strengthen for our country healthcare, teaching and training. Such kind of Symposium is very important because it helps to upgrade the knowledge and skills.
Prof. Umer Farooq, Pro-Vice Chancellor-DUHS and Patron of the 5th Annual Dental Symposium said that the Dental hospital at DIKIOHS is providing quality treatment at affordable price. Regarding the academic standards he pointed out that DIKIOHS has the distinctions of being among those few Dental Institutions fully recognized by PMDC in all the clinical disciplines of dentistry.
He said that the University now has fifty institutes training and developing the necessary health personnel to help improve the health facilities in the province as well as the whole country.
The 5th Annual Dental Symposium will provide an opportunity to share valuable research and student will enjoy the company of dental experts.
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