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Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital performs first cochlear implant surgery in East Africa

The Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret. [MTRH]

The Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret has successfully performed the first cochlear implant surgery on a patient.

MTRH on Wednesday, June 21 announced the inaugural surgery (cochlear) that helps a patient with severe hearing loss or profoundly deaf to get some sense of sound.

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