When the coronavirus pandemic first hit the UK, thousands of surgical procedures were put on hold. For a surgeon like me who performs operations on deaf children to restore their hearing, this created a significant moral dilemma – I wanted to get back into surgery to provide this vital care, but I didn’t want to inadvertently catch or pass on Covid-19 in the process.
I regularly carry out cochlear implant surgery, a process in which a surgeon embeds an electronic device which stimulates…