ISLAMABAD April 5 (TNS): A group of Chinese, British and Pakistani surgeons will perform surgeries on patients with cleft lip from the first week of the next month.
A selected group of patients will be operated upon while a free medical camp was also be arranged under the aegis of the Islamabad Cleft Lip and Palate Association (ICLAPA).
New and those on the waiting list will be re-checked for their further treatment, camp’s organizer Prof Dr Farhat Akhtar Rehman said here on Thursday. The camp is being arranged at House No-7, Street 13, Sector F-8/3.
The selected patients will be operated upon at a special camp, to be arranged here from May 7 to 13. The affected patients may contact on phone No 051-2251275 or 03215568018 for necessary information.
The Association is engaged in this task for last many years. The ICLAPA also offers services, such as instructing mothers as how to feed newborns with cleft lips and cleft palate, besides providing speech therapy and dental treatment of patients.
It was also trying to create awareness among the general public about these congenital defects. He hoped that well-to-do people will come forward to support the organization to serve ailing humanity.
The association comprises a group of volunteers working for this noble cause. Of every 530 live births, one Pakistani child is born with a cleft lip or a left palate, or both who could be cured with timely proper care.
Delay in timely treatment of cleft lip and palate patients leads to further complication. Such patients need to be treated at a very early stage age 3-4 months, the association said.
