{"id":5091,"date":"2025-11-07T16:40:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T13:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtrh.go.ke\/?p=5091"},"modified":"2025-11-07T16:42:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T13:42:58","slug":"mtrh-conducts-cochlear-implant-surgeries-under-united-we-hear-better-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mtrh.go.ke\/?p=5091","title":{"rendered":"\u200eMTRH Conducts Cochlear Implant Surgeries under \u201cUnited, We Hear Better\u201d Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) today conducted cochlear implant surgeries as part of the \u201cUnited, We Hear Better\u201d program.
\u200e
\u200eHer Excellency Rachel Ruto, First Lady of the Republic of Kenya, and Princess Lalla Asmaa, President of the Lalla Asmaa Foundation and the Voice of Children Foundation, jointly launched the fourth phase of the program on Wednesday in Nairobi.
\u200e
\u200eThis initiative is a partnership between Kenya\u2019s First Lady, H.E. Rachel Ruto, and Her Royal Highness Princess Lalla Asmaa of Morocco.
\u200e
\u200eThe donation will provide cochlear implants to approximately 70 Kenyan children living with profound hearing loss, with 20 surgeries scheduled to take place at MTRH.
\u200e
\u200eThe program aims to help these children develop essential speech, communication, and learning skills while supporting their psychosocial integration.
\u200e
\u200eCochlear implants are surgically implanted electronic devices that restore the sense of sound in individuals with severe-to-profound hearing impairment who can no longer benefit from conventional hearing aids.
\u200e
\u200eEach implant, valued at around Ksh. 3 million, will benefit children aged between one and ten years.
\u200e
\u200eAll surgery-related costs are covered under the Social Health Authority (SHA).
\u200e
\u200eThe lead surgical team included Prof. Raji and Prof. Benhoumad from Morocco, while the MTRH cochlear implant team was led by Dr. Owen Menach (Director of Surgical Services) and assisted by Dr. Gerald Rotich and Dr. Kennedy Muhaya from the ENT Head & Neck Department.
\u200e
\u200eThe audiology team featured Audiologist Ghita Torch (Cochlear) from Morocco and MTRH Senior Audiologist Angella Kiragu. The nursing team was led by Mr. Herbert Oloo, alongside Beatrice Kimingi, Jackline Jepkemboi, Nehemiah Nyainda, Caren Chebii, and Euventine Rumut. Other contributors included Dr. Rose Kittony (Consultant Radiologist) and Mark Chebuttuk (Biomedical Engineer).
\u200e
\u200eMTRH performed the first cochlear implant surgery in the region in June 2023.
\u200e
\u200eThis generous donation furthers our mission to provide excellent healthcare services under Universal Health Coverage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure><\/div>
\"\"<\/figure>
\"\"<\/figure><\/div><\/div>
\"\"<\/figure><\/div>
\"\"<\/figure><\/div>
\"\"<\/figure><\/div><\/div>
\"\"<\/figure>
\"\"<\/figure><\/div>
\"\"<\/figure><\/div><\/div>
\"\"<\/figure><\/div>
\"\"<\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) today conducted cochlear implant surgeries as part of the \u201cUnited, We Hear Better\u201d program.\u200e\u200eHer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.mtrh.go.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/FB_IMG_1762522672682.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":535,"url":"https:\/\/www.mtrh.go.ke\/?p=535","url_meta":{"origin":5091,"position":0},"title":"MTRH WELCOMES NEW BOARD MEMBER","author":"admin","date":"January 17, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Dr. Erneo Nyakiba was today January 17, 2024, inducted into the Board of Directors of Moi Teaching and Referral (MTRH). The Ag. CEO congratulated Dr. Nyakiba on his appointment to the MTRH Board; charged with providing oversight and stewardship to MTRH Governance. Dr. Kirwa also conveyed compliments from MTRH Board\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General News"","block_context":{"text":"General News","link":"https:\/\/www.mtrh.go.ke\/?cat=4"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mtrh.go.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/New-board-2024.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mtrh.go.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/New-board-2024.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mtrh.go.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/New-board-2024.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mtrh.go.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/New-board-2024.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mtrh.go.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/New-board-2024.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mtrh.go.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/New-board-2024.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5141,"url":"https:\/\/www.mtrh.go.ke\/?p=5141","url_meta":{"origin":5091,"position":1},"title":"Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital Conducts 16 Successful Duhamel Pull-Through Surgeries at Shoe4Africa Children\u2019s Hospital","author":"admin","date":"November 20, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) conducted 16 successful Duhamel pull-through surgeries under the Pediatric Pull-Through Surgery Project, carried out from November 3rd to 7th, 2025, at Shoe4Africa Children\u2019s Hospital.\u200e\u200eThe initiative aimed at providing specialized treatment for children suffering from Hirschsprung\u2019s disease. This is a rare congenital birth defect that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General News"","block_context":{"text":"General News","link":"https:\/\/www.mtrh.go.ke\/?cat=4"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mtrh.go.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000093860.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mtrh.go.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000093860.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mtrh.go.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000093860.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mtrh.go.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000093860.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2664,"url":"https:\/\/www.mtrh.go.ke\/?p=2664","url_meta":{"origin":5091,"position":2},"title":"Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital Holds Annual Prayer Service","author":"admin","date":"January 10, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) today held its annual prayer service at the Hospital's Inter-Denominational Chapel. Led by Hospital CEO Dr. Philip Kirwa, the event brought together Hospital Management and staff to offer thanks for the past year. The service, presided over by Rt. Rev. Dr. Christopher Ruto, Bishop\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General News"","block_context":{"text":"General News","link":"https:\/\/www.mtrh.go.ke\/?cat=4"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mtrh.go.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/FB_IMG_1736522833496.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mtrh.go.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/FB_IMG_1736522833496.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mtrh.go.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/FB_IMG_1736522833496.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mtrh.go.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/FB_IMG_1736522833496.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1909,"url":"https:\/\/www.mtrh.go.ke\/?p=1909","url_meta":{"origin":5091,"position":3},"title":"MTRH marks Childhood Cancer Awareness Month","author":"admin","date":"September 7, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) joined the world on 6th September 2024, to mark Childhood Cancer Awareness Month under the theme: \"Standing United in the Fight to close the care gaps.\" MTRH urged stakeholders to continue scaling up awareness meant to close the gap on the care of children\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General News"","block_context":{"text":"General News","link":"https:\/\/www.mtrh.go.ke\/?cat=4"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mtrh.go.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/FB_IMG_1725688945189.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mtrh.go.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/FB_IMG_1725688945189.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mtrh.go.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/FB_IMG_1725688945189.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mtrh.go.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/FB_IMG_1725688945189.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3521,"url":"https:\/\/www.mtrh.go.ke\/?p=3521","url_meta":{"origin":5091,"position":4},"title":"\u200eMTRH Conducts its First Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS)","author":"admin","date":"May 12, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) has successfully conducted its first Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) using the Varian TrueBeam platform on a 51-year-old female patient MW who had brain metastases with remarkable improvement on her initial prognosis.\u200e\u200eSRS is a very precise form of therapeutic radiation that can be used to treat\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General News"","block_context":{"text":"General News","link":"https:\/\/www.mtrh.go.ke\/?cat=4"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mtrh.go.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FB_IMG_1747067661289.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mtrh.go.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FB_IMG_1747067661289.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mtrh.go.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FB_IMG_1747067661289.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mtrh.go.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FB_IMG_1747067661289.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1923,"url":"https:\/\/www.mtrh.go.ke\/?p=1923","url_meta":{"origin":5091,"position":5},"title":"MTRH Celebrates Annual HEI Graduation Ceremony 2024","author":"admin","date":"September 9, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) came together to celebrate the success of the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) Program 2024, at the Riley Mother & Baby Hospital grounds. During the celebration, themed : \u2018Wakati ni Sasa, Tulinde Kizazi\u2019 75 children were declared HIV-negative after being born to HIV-positive mothers.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General News"","block_context":{"text":"General News","link":"https:\/\/www.mtrh.go.ke\/?cat=4"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mtrh.go.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/HEI-Graduation5.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mtrh.go.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/HEI-Graduation5.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mtrh.go.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/HEI-Graduation5.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mtrh.go.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/HEI-Graduation5.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mtrh.go.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/HEI-Graduation5.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mtrh.go.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/HEI-Graduation5.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtrh.go.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtrh.go.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtrh.go.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtrh.go.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtrh.go.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5091"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtrh.go.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5106,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtrh.go.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5091\/revisions\/5106"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtrh.go.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtrh.go.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtrh.go.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtrh.go.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}