In an op-ed piece, the Aga Khan Hospital in Tanzania has been commended for becoming Tanzania’s first private entity to perform a cochlear implant—an electronic device that enables individuals with profound hearing loss to hear through direct stimulation of the hearing nerve.. According to Egyptian professor Ahmed Mohamed Mehanna who worked with the Hospital to execute the procedure on a young child, availability of the procedure in the country was very small, so those needing the service previously had to travel overseas. The piece calls on other health service providers to take lessons and make advances in this area as well as other areas of health care.