<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Prime Minister Narendra Modi has hailed the importance of the Union Government's Cochlear Implant Scheme in the lives of children.</span></p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"> </p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Mr. Modi said, the government is always dedicated to the protection of the health of children. Under the scheme, children up to the age of five years are operated free of cost. The cost of one operation is Rs six lakh which is borne by the Central Government.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>