Kohima, June 2 (EMN): A team of Smile Train Shija Cleft Project led by Dr. Kh. Palin, MS, MCh, FICS, consultant cosmetic surgeon of Shija Asian Cosmetic Centre, would be available for 34th phase Smile Train Shija Cleft Project – Mission Nagaland at Oking Hospital & Research Clinic (P) Ltd., Kohima, from June 8 to 10.
Smile Train Shija Cleft Project- Mission Nagaland is a collaborative effort of Smile Train Shija Cleft Project and Oking Hospital & Research Clinic (P) Ltd., Kohima, towards rendering new smile, new hope and new life to cleft lip and cleft palate patients by rendering absolutely free of cost corrective surgery, stated Dr. Vikethonyu Kesiezie, managing director of Oking Hospital and Research Clinic.
A cleft is a separation or gap in the body structure. Two major types of oral or facial clefts are cleft lip (involving the lip) and cleft palate (involving the roof of the mouth or the soft posterior tissue inside the mouth). Most cannot eat, drink or speak properly. Due to stigma associated with the problem, many cannot even attend school and lead a painful life in isolation.
Dr. Vikethonyu Kesiezie has asked all the social workers, church leaders and teachers to disseminate the information for the upcoming free cleft lip and palate surgery camp to be held at Oking Hospital & Research Clinic (P) Ltd., Kohima.
For further information and advance registration, all concerned are asked to contact Oking Hospital, Kohima, on phone nos. 0370- 2290080 and 9436000494 or Shija Hospitals on phone no. 7629076763.
