The
Chief Medical Director, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, Dr
Wale Oke has said the institution had conducted 10 successful cochlear implant
surgeries.
Oke
made the disclosure at a news briefing in Lagos that the surgeries were
sponsored by the Lagos State Government.
He
said, “Cochlear is implant, an electronic medical device that replaces the
function of damaged inner ear. It is an implant that is fixed in the ear after
which the patient will be able to hear very well. We are happy to inform the
public that LASUTH Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) doctors had successfully carried
out eight surgeries at a stretch.’’
Dr
Bola Adekoya, the Head of ENT and a Consultant in the hospital, also said that
16 implant surgeries had been performed so far in the hospital. “Two were
sponsored and conducted in 2014, another eight were sponsored by the Lagos
State Government and six others by private individuals.
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