IHHN performs 450 cochlear implant surgeries

KARACHI:

The Indus Hospital and Health Network (IHHN) has completed 450 cochlear implant surgeries on children and adults with hearing impairments, providing treatment worth more than Rs2.7 billion free of charge to deserving patients.

Under the hospital's cochlear implant programme, 126 surgeries have been performed so far this year, while another 36 are planned over the next three months.

Launched in 2014, the programme has benefited patients from different parts of the country. According to hospital statistics, 310 patients, or 68.8 per cent of the total, belong to Sindh, while 56 (12.5 per cent) are from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 51 (11.3 per cent) from Punjab, 28 (6.3 per cent) from Balochistan and five (1.3 per cent) from Azad Kashmir.