Wednesday April 20, 2011
Dental hospital mooted
THE Penang International Dental College (PIDC) has been invited to set up a dental hospital in Batu Kawan in South Seberang Prai, Penang .
Deputy Chief Minister II Dr P. Ramasamy said the five-year-old college, which was planning to offer Master’s programmes in dentistry, should consider the viability of opening a hospital there.
“Batu Kawan is fast developing as a commercial and residential hub.
“The area will be bustling in the near future when the Second Penang Bridge linking Batu Kawan and Batu Maung on the island is completed by 2013,” he said.
He was attending the college’s inaugural graduation ceremony at E&O Hotel in George Town recently.
Ramasamy said he hoped the college, which is located in Butterworth, would continue offering courses at affordable fees to encourage more to take up its 2+3 twinning bachelor’s degree in dentistry programme.
PIDC chief operating officer and managing director Datuk Dr S. Sharavanan said the college would liaise with the Penang Development Corporation (PDC) to look into Ramasamy’s pro-posal.
He said the college had, in February, applied to the Edu- cation Ministry to start nine Master’s specialty courses.
“On obtaining the necessary approval, we hope to emerge as the first private dental college in Malaysia to offer postgrad-uate studies.
“Many dentists are keen on pursuing Master’s programmes to branch into specialised areas,” he said.
A total of 17 students from the pioneering batch received their scrolls from Dr Sharavanan.
Dr Stephanie Chong Mei Har, 25, who received a gold medal award, said she chose dentistry as it gave her a sense of self- satisfaction to serve people.
Dr Kong Sheng Earn, 23, who won a silver medal, said one of the hardest tasks he learnt as a dentist was to make patients, especially children, feel calm during treatment.
Dr Ngo Wei Ming, 25, won the bronze medal.
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