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Aster CMI Hospital conducts free cleft lip and cleft palate surgeries

During the pandemic, paediatric team at Aster CMI hospital performed around 15 cleft surgeries

In a bid to improve the quality of lives of children suffering from cleft lip and palate, Aster CMI as a part of Aster Volunteers, its CSR programme initiative in association with Love Without Reason foundation (LWR) came forward to support these children and provided them with free cleft surgeries.

During the pandemic, paediatric team at Aster CMI hospital performed around 15 cleft surgeries. The hospital had also set up free health camps with the help of local doctors at various remote locations and villages to increase awareness about this procedure and encourage more families to come forward and benefit from this treatment.

The aim of this initiative was to ensure that children who visit the hospital with a cleft lip or cleft palate, are operated upon free of charge. Since then, the surgeons at the hospital have conducted more than 100 reconstructive surgeries on children who had been born with such deformities.

Emphasising on the need to spread awareness on cleft and palate surgeries, Dr Sathish MS Vasishta, Consultant – Craniomaxillofacial Surgery, Aster CMI Hospital said, “Due to the lack of awareness about this simple procedure, many at times, a simple defect like a cleft often goes untreated and such children continue to live with a cleft lip or cleft palate. Furthermore, due to the several ill-conceived notions around the cost of the treatment and societal repercussions, most of the cleft patients, especially girls, are abandoned at birth.  However, parents of children with cleft lip must understand that a cleft is a mere barrier to a child’s smile, which once removed, allows a child to have a full and rich life with access to myriad opportunities.”

 

 

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