MNH in medical breakthrough
IN yet another sigh of relief, Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH) can now offer Cochlear implant service, a technology that helps people with damaged inner part of the ear. Cochlear implant is an electronic medical device that does the work of the damaged parts of the inner ear (cochlea) to provide sound signals to the brain. Medical experts from stateof- the-art medical facility in collaboration with their counterparts from Australia-based MED-EL, the world’s most innovative cochlear implant firm, yesterday enabled provision of six children with cochlear devices. Tanzania becomes the second country after Kenya to have the technology in the East African region but in public health facilities ranking, MNH is the first public hospital in the region to have the technology. According to MNH Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Specialist, Dr Edwin Liyombo, the hearing devices were implanted to the six children at the leading national hospital last month. Many people suffer from hearing loss due t