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.
When the boy's parents met the minister, Mahajan took the initiative and gave instructions to the Dean of the hospital Dr Sameer Joshi to start cochlear implant surgery in Latur.
Chief executive officer of Zilla Parishad, Abhinav Goyal, agreed to provide funds for this surgery and accordingly, funds were made available through the District Social Welfare office.
Then, Dr Joshi started preparations for the surgery and with the help of a team of doctors from Pune, successfully performed the cochlear implant surgery, enabling him to lead a normal life.
Suresh Patil, in-charge of the District Disability Rehabilitation Center, Sensation Project, counselled and guided the parents about surgery.
After the successful surgery, the boy's mother thanked the team of doctors and Mahajan, the release added.
Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that Apollo Cochlear Implant Clinic, Apollo Hospitals– Hyderabad, successfully performed Cochlear Implant surgeries on three siblings, born deaf and dumb due to consanguineous marriage. The three children, Baby Dharani aged 3 years old, Baby Pavithra aged 4 years and Master Arjun aged 5 years; of Mr Alakunta Seetha Ramulu and Mrs Mamata; had total hearing impairment by birth and couldn’t hear or speak.
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