Shimla, July 18 -- Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, while presiding over the 4th Annual Conference of the Himachal Pradesh State Chapter of the Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons of India (AOMSI) here today, announced the renaming of Dental College Shimla as Rajiv Gandhi Dental College, Shimla.

According to a press release, he also announced that a Dental Health Research Centre would be established in Hamirpur at a cost of Rs 300 crore. He said the new research centre would create employment opportunities and provide people with better and more advanced dental treatment facilities.

Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister said that oral and maxillofacial surgeons play a vital role not only in treat...