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Free check-up camp for children with cleft lip
Mon, 31/03/2008 - 21:23 — adminBhatkal: A free check-up camp for the children with cleft lips will be jointly organized by Rotary Club Bhatkal, Vijay Charitable Trust, Mangalore and Highland Hospital Mangalore will be held in the Shakir's Diagnomed Veekay Complex, NH-17, Bhatkal, on 30th of March from 9 am to 1:30 pm.
Sanskrit helps speech therapists
Tue, 25/03/2008 - 14:16 — adminSenior scientist Gajiwala Kalpesh has carried out a research on Sanskrit phonemes and how they help cleft palate surgeons to evaluate the speech of people with cleft palate deformity.
By Syed Akbar
1 in 400 babies in Kashmir has cleft lip, palate
Tue, 25/03/2008 - 14:13 — adminSrinagar, Mar 20: Congenital defects cleft lip and cleft palate is highly prevalent in Kashmir with 1 out of 400 new born babies suffering from the disorder.
Operation Smile comes to Vietnam
Sun, 16/03/2008 - 21:51 — adminA voluntary team from the US Operation Smile Program will visit Vietnam next Wednesday to treat and raise awareness of oral and dental diseases.
Surgery camp provides relief to 352 patients in Pakistan
Thu, 13/03/2008 - 21:01 — admin
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Imogen 3mths - The day before surgery
we'd like to thank my mother for all of her help over the past year and two operations. Read The Rest »
This is my blog about our family. I am a single mom to Katie, age 4, and Sarah, age 2. Katie was born in Kazakhstan and I adopted her in 2004. Sarah was born in China and I adopted her this year. Sarah has a bilateral cleft lip and palate. Her lip was repaired in China and her palate surgery will be done here.