STATES: Apollo doctors claim 18 cochlear implants in a day.

from BUSINESS LINE, October 27, 2008 Hyderabad, Oct. 25 - Doctors at Apollo Hospitals have claimed that they have achieved a record by doing 18 cochlear implants (surgical intervention to correct severe hearing problems) in a day on Friday. Dr E.C. Vinay Kumar, who led the team to achieve the feat, said the problem could be corrected if detected early.

Addressing newspersons here on Saturday, he said the team had conducted 200 cochlear implants (100 this year). "The idea behind doing 18 on a single day is to make people aware of the growing problem," he said. "Unwanted medication in early stages of …