Free operations to fix Hundreds of children and adults with cleft lip and palate have reportedly started at Rwamagana Hospital.
The week-long surgeries by a team of highly specialised medics from ‘Help a Child Face Tomorrow’ Kenya, is led by Dr. Meshach Ong’uti.
According to Ong’uti, the CEO/Co- Founder of the charity organisation, free surgeries are mainly given to children with cleft lip and cleft palate who are at least three months old and in good health.
“We have so far operated on 56 patients, majority are children…the surgery is important to children with the impairment. We operate and train the local staff at the same time.”
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