Kohima, March 31 (MExN): A team of Smile Train Shija Cleft Project led by Dr. Kh. Palin, Smile Train Partnered Surgeon will be available for Smile Train Shija Cleft Project – Mission Nagaland 33rd Phase at Oking Hospital and Research Clinic (P) Ltd., Kohima from April 6 to 8.
Smile Train Shija Cleft Project – Mission Nagaland is a collaborative effort of Smile Train Shija Cleft Project and Oking Hospital and 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 a press release from Oking Hospital and Research Clinic.
More than 700 cleft patients from Nagaland have undergone free corrective surgery till date, it was informed. The press release explained that a cleft is a separation or a 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).
All the local representatives, social workers, church leaders and teachers have been requested to disseminate the information for the upcoming free cleft lip and palate surgery camp. For further information and advance registration, contact Oking Hospital, Kohima (0370 - 2290080, 9436000494) or Shija Hospitals (9436234221, 7629076763).
