Doctors at Govt Medical College Latur perform first cochlear implant surgery in Marathwada
Latur: The first cochlear implant surgery was successfully performed by a team of doctors at Vilasrao Deshmukh Government Medical College at Latur in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra, on the birth anniversary of Helen Keller, on Tuesday.
The surgery on a disabled boy from Yakatpur in Ausa taluka of the district was performed on the initiative of Guardian Minister Girish Mahajan, a press release said here.
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The parents of the boy, who was born hearing impaired, faced many difficulties and they wanted their son to lead a normal life like other children.
However, due to prohibitive cost of the cochlear implant surgery and lack of a suitable facility for this surgery in Latur, they could not perform the surgery on their son.
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