To mitigate deafness using surgical and cochlear implants besides providing hearing aid to rehabilitate the patients, the Department of Otolaryngology (ENT) at Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital (GGSMCH), Faridkot, has provided as many as 250 hearing aid costing approximately Rs 20.5 lakh in recent times, said Dr Jai Lal, professor and head of the department.
Because of the awareness created about the problem, the ENT Department at GGSMCH is attracting an increasing number of patients. “We have requested the government to provide more hearing aid. All this is being done under the Rashtriya Bal Suraksha Karyakaram Scheme,” said Dr Jai Lal.
Two months back, the GGSMCH became the first hospital in Punjab to implant free cochlear surgery when these electronic devices, costing over Rs 20 lakh, were implanted in two children belonging to low income families.
A cochlear implant (CI) provides a sense of sound to a person with severe to profound sensorneural hearing loss in both ears.
The cochlear surgeries have been performed free of cost at the GGSMCH under the scheme — Assistance to Disabled Persons (ADIP) —- sponsored by the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, said Dr Lal.
“We are hopeful of strengthening the ENT department after Dr Gurbaksh Singh, a faculty member in the department, was selected for a super-specialty programme at a top medical institute in Britain,” said Dr Deepak Bhatti, principal, GGSMCH.
A team of doctors from the Medway NHS Trust in the United Kingdom, visited Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot, on April 19 this year to select the candidates. Dr Gubaksh Singh was one of them.
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