Excelsior Correspondent
REASI, Dec 14: A team of specialized doctors gave new life to two congenital deaf Kashmiri girls at SMVD Narayana Superspeciality Hospital at Katra.
“Both these girls had bilateral profound hearing loss and since they couldn’t hear and speak, Gulshan, mother of one the patients had lost all hopes as the only recommended treatment was cochlear implant surgery and the cost of surgery was beyond their financial capability,” a spokesman of the Hospital said.
Dr Rohan Gupta, Consultant SMVD Narayana Hospital understood their helplessness and recommended their case file to Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board for financial help and CEO Shrine Board took no time to help these poor girl.
The surgical team was comprised of Dr J M Hans, Dr Sunil Kotwal (Consultant ENT) and Dr Rohan Gupta (Consultant ENT) while the anesthesia team was led by Dr Sarita, Dr Trupti and Dr Santosh. Both the patients are healthy and are doing good, informed Dr Preeti Gupta (Consultant Pediatrics).
Dr (Brig) Man Mohan Harjai, Chief Administrative Officer of the Hospital, said that giving these children the gift of hearing is a very noble cause. “We are proud to be the only centre of excellence in the State for Cochlear Implant surgery, which can give the bliss of hearing to such hearing impaired children and help them achieve their dreams in life,” he added.
Dr Rohan Gupta told that the implants will be switched on after 3 weeks and from then onwards with the help of vigorous AVT, the girls will enter the world of sound. He further added that children with such problems have developmental delay of speech, language and cognition, and a simple screening test at birth and timely intervention can transform the life of a child.
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