Quebec election: Bring cochlear-implant surgery to Montreal, coalition pleads

With the support of Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante, a coalition of parents and medical specialists is urging the four main political parties campaigning before the Oct. 1 provincial vote to commit to establishing cochlear-implant surgery in Montreal.
At present, Montreal-area residents who are deaf or who suffer from profound hearing loss must travel multiple times to Quebec City for pre-surgical assessment, for the surgery itself and then afterward to activate and program the cochlear imp