{"id":206324,"date":"2022-12-05T02:18:54","date_gmt":"2022-12-04T20:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=206324"},"modified":"2022-12-05T03:06:23","modified_gmt":"2022-12-04T21:36:23","slug":"libang-encourages-apda-to-do-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2022\/12\/05\/libang-encourages-apda-to-do-better\/","title":{"rendered":"Libang encourages APDA to do better"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/at007.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-206339 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/at007.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"398\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/at007.webp 886w, https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/at007-300x109.webp 300w, https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/at007-768x278.webp 768w, https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/at007-696x252.webp 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 398px) 100vw, 398px\" \/><\/a>ITANAGAR, 4 Dec:<\/strong> Health Minister Alo Libang lauded the members of the Arunachal Pradesh Dental Association (APDA) for their service to the people, and appealed to them to &#8220;rededicate themselves for the cause of better dental and oral health service in the state.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Libang was addressing dentists and members of the state branch of the Indian Dental Association (IDA-AP) during its 7th annual conference and governing body meeting at the State Banquet Hall here on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The minister said that &#8220;there is a shortage of more than 200 dental doctors and surgeons, as per population in the state,&#8221; and gave assurance that the state government would &#8220;take up in phased manner to improve infrastructure for dental care and also fill up the posts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Health Principal Secretary Sarat Chouhan, who also attended the conference, urged the doctors and surgeons to &#8220;work hard with a commitment to improve the oral health and hygiene.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">IDA-AP secretary Dr Tage Tamo presented an overview of dentistry in the state and highlighted several activities undertaken by the APDA since its inception in 2010.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">TRIHMS Director Dr Moji Jini, Medial Education, Research &amp; Training Director Hage Ambing, IDA-APSB president Dr Opok Pertin, secretary Dr Tage Tamo, and other executive members also addressed the conference.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A souvenir titled &#8216;Dent-O-Arun&#8217;, along with the APDA&#8217;s annual calendar was released on the occasion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITANAGAR, 4 Dec: Health Minister Alo Libang lauded the members of the Arunachal Pradesh Dental Association (APDA) for their service to the people, and appealed to them to &#8220;rededicate themselves for the cause of better dental and oral health service in the state.&#8221; Libang was addressing dentists and members of the state branch of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206332,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-206324","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}