Rajouri, May 23: Government Medical College Rajouri has achieved a major milestone in advanced healthcare services by successfully conducting a Cochlear Implant surgery for the first time under the supervision of Principal Dr AS Bhatia.
With this, Government Medical College Rajouri has become the first peripheral medical college among the three newly established GMCs in the Jammu division to perform the specialised surgery.
Head of Department ENT & HNS, Prof Dr Vidushi Badial, said that cochlear implant surgery creates a new pathway for sound by placing electrodes inside the cochlea to directly stimulate the hearing nerve, thereby enabling sound perception in a profoundly deaf child.
The surgery was successfully carried out by the ENT Department in coordination with the DIEC team headed by Sahil Lone and Anaesthesia team led by Dr Suhail Bandey, and the operation theatre team headed by Sahil Sharma.
The procedure was performed under the expert guidance of Dr Rajiv Kapila and Dr Padam Singh Jamwal.
Officials and staff members appreciated the dedicated efforts of the ENT Department and all associated teams for successfully conducting the complex surgery, terming it a significant step towards strengthening advanced medical care facilities in the region.
The financial assistance for this surgery was provided by NHM, and a two-year-old child from Sunderbani, Lower Hathal has been operated upon.
The child was not having hearing tendency since birth and through this Cochlear implant, he will be able to hear the voices.
Father of child namely Vipan Pal Sharma has said that he is from a financially poor family and was not able to be at the expenses of child’s treatment but District Early Intervention Center (DEIC) has come up as a big sigh of relief as it got this crucial surgery done while ENT Department of GMC Rajouri headed by Dr. Vidushi Badial has always been at forefront to aid the family.
