MANGALURU: The Assistance to Disabled Persons (ADIP) scheme is a major initiative of ministry of social justice and empowerment, Government of India to promote physical and social rehabilitation to disabled persons by procuring modern aids and appliances for them. As part of this scheme, the government aims to provide rehabilitation through cochlear implantation to severely deaf children, who belong to financially deprived sections of society.
KMC Hospital, Attavar is only hospital in coastal Karnataka to get empanelled with government to implement ADIP scheme for cochlear implantation. Dr Jayashree Bhat, chief audiologist of hospital says this scheme is boon to severely deaf children who hail from financially poor background. Without such government schemes, severely deaf children have to wait until their parents are able to get enough sponsors for the implant, Dr Jayashree said.
The earlier the implant is carried out, better is the benefit from implant, added Dr Suja Sreedharan, implant surgeon of KMC Hospital. She hoped that with this scheme, age at implantation can be brought down below two-years which is the ideal age for developing good speech and language after cochlear implantation. For the purpose of identifying such patients, hospital is organizing a free consultation camp on December 22 in hospital premises from 9am to 4pm.
Interested parents can do early registration for the camp by calling 9108529022 and register their child's name. Children who are eligible for ADIP scheme will be treated after completion of the paper work and getting approval there upon. However, the preoperative work up including blood tests, scans and vaccination has to be borne by the patient. Dr Anand Venugopal, medical superintendent of the hospital requested the public to avail benefits of this camp.
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