Tuesday 8 December 2015

FREE CLEFT LIP AND PALATE SURGERY MISSION CONDUCTED IN FARIDABAD


Team of 30 American doctors including surgeons, paediatricians,  anaesthesiologist, nurses and geneticists conducted a free cleft lip and palate surgery camp at Faridabad, in association with the local Rotary Club and Dr. T.N. Sabharwal Health Care Trust. 56 patients were operated free with total 70 surgical procedures, including complex jaw reconstruction, rhinoplasty and bone grafting. The genetics team took blood samples of all the patients to assess the cause of cleft lip and palate in the district of Faridabad. Rotaplast is a Non Profit organisation based out of San Francisco, U.S.A. this was the third consecutive mission in Faridabad.