THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD IMPLEMENT RESIDENCY SYSTEM IN DENTAL COLLEGES IN THE STATE

THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD IMPLEMENT RESIDENCY SYSTEM IN DENTAL COLLEGES IN THE STATE
The Kerala Government should introduce the residency system in dental colleges in the state. Post graduate students, house surgeons and BDS students to government dental colleges will go on an indefinite strike from monday 12 th October 2009 to press their demand for the implementation of residency system in dental colleges, in the state. The students will abstain from all clinical duties including casuality duty and classes for graduate students. The demand for a Residency system was raised in september 2008. Although the government had given assurances, nothing had meterialised so far
The government of taking a highly prejudiced step by introducing the residency system only in medical colleges from January 2009.
The medical and dental postgraduate courses are similar in all respects including fee duration of course and qualifying examination. The staff pattern and pay scales of medical and dental colleges have been similar all these years. If the residency system is not implemented in dental colleges Post graduates will be a disadvantage for section to government service

Prof John Kurakar