Chief Minister sanctions Rs.1.5 crore to subsidise cochlear implant
surgeries
M.R.K. Panneerselvam, Health Minister, Government of Tamilnadu announced that a new B.Sc course in
Audiology and Speech Therapy would be started at the Madras Medical
College. The course will
commence from current academic year . The course will be offered by the
Institute of Speech and Hearing at the College. A total of 25 students will be
admitted beginning this academic year, he added. It was a course that had
excellent job opportunities, considering the demand all over the State and the
country for speech and audiology therapists.
Mr.Panneerselvam was speaking at a function to distribute free hearing
aids to beneficiaries and launch the cochlear implant programme of the Oto
Rhino Laryngology department, Madras
Medical College
.A total of 50 hearing aids, a gesture of charity by the department, were
distributed to deserving candidates. He also announced that the Chief Minister
had sanctioned a sum of Rs.1.5 crore to subsidise cochlear implant surgery
under the Chief Minister`s Insurance scheme.Dr. Balakumar urged the government
to sanction Rs.15 lakh towards buying diagnostic equipment for the department
immediately.
