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Little Yasiru needs Cochlear Implant Surgery
View(s):Little M.K. Yasiru Bandara, aged three and a half years suffering from profound hearing loss needs to be treated by a Cochlear Implant Surgery according to his ENT Surgeon Dr. K.D.R.A. Kirihena at Lady Ridgeway Hospital, Colombo.
Wish Wickramarachchi Institute of Speech and Hearing, estimates the cost of the implant to be between Rs. 1.9 million to Rs. 2.8 million depending upon the model decided at the surgery.
The surgery is decided to be done on April 29 by Consultant ENT surgeon Dr. H.M.S.B Ethulgama (MBBS, MS) at the Sirimavo Bandaranaike Specialized Children’s Hospital, Peradeniya.
The parents of the child seek help from well-wishers to undergo this Cochlear Implant Surgery.
The family of three comes from Koswetiya, Pallebedda where the father works as a Mason, earning around Rs. 700 per day. The mother Dayawathie, is a housewife.
The mother found out the child’s disability one week after his birth when he did not respond to a loud noise made by firecrackers. “He did not respond to our calls either,” said Dayawathie, his mother.
Dayawathie can be contacted on tel: 071 365-4625 for more information.
She requests kind well- wishers to help them meet the cost of the surgery and help this little boy have a normal life. Any donations could be sent to:
K.L.H Dayawathie,
People’s Bank Godakawela,
Account number- 245- 2001-2004-9307