Dr. Anand Venugopal, Medical Superintendent and Unit Chief at KMC Hospitals, Mangalore was the Chief Guest of the inauguration. The Guests of Honour were Dr. Dilip Nayak, Dean, MCODS, Mangalore & Dr. M Venkatraya Prabhu, Dean, KMC, Mangalore. Dr. Premalatha Shetty, Professor & Head, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, MCODS, Mangalore welcomed the gathering and stressed on the importance of preparation and training to handle medical emergency during dental treatment.

                The guest speakers included Dr. John T Ramapuram, Professor & Unit Chief, Dept. of General Medicine, KMC Mangalore who presented ‘Standard Precautions & Needle Stick Injuries’; Dr. Jeedhu Radhakrishnan, Consultant , Emergency Medicine, University Medical Centre, KMC Hospital, Mangalore -‘Medical Emergencies in Dental Clinics’; Dr. Madhusudhan Upadya, Professor & Unit Chief, Dept. of Anesthesiology, KMC, Mangalore -  ‘Do’s & Don’ts of Parental Injection Techniques’ .

The talks were followed by 2 days of hands-on workshop on Basic Life Support and Parenteral Injection techniques. Further it is planned to conduct similar hands-on workshop for private dental practitioners of undivided Dakshina Kannada district, shortly.