Cochlear implantation - MAK University Hospital performs first cochlear implant surgery

Makerere University Hospital a subsidiary of Makerere College of Health Sciences has registered a milestone after successfully performing her 1st cochlear implant surgery on a 13-year old Valerie Nanono.

According to Alego Olga Nanono’s mother, at 9-years Nanono suffered from meningitis disease that left her in a muted world in 2019.

Since then, efforts to correct the devastating condition of Nanono were launched that involved going to as far as India but with little progress.