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Free cleft palate surgery for poor ethnic minorities in Central Highla

Free cleft palate surgery for poor ethnic minorities in Central Highlands

The Children’s Fund in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak on July 23 coordinated with the Operation Smile Vietnam to provide free examination and surgery for 140 needy people who suffer from cleft lip and cleft palate.
Free cleft palate surgery for poor ethnic minorities in Central Highlands ảnh 1Free cleft palate surgery for poor ethnic minorities in Central Highlands (Source: VNA)
Dak Lak (VNA) – The Children’s Fund inthe Central Highlands province of Dak Lak on July 23 coordinated with theOperation Smile Vietnam to provide free examination and surgery for 140 needypeople who suffer from cleft lip and cleft palate.

Thebeneficiaries are mainly from remote and ethnic minority regions in Dak Nong,Dak Lak, Gia Lai, Kon Tum, and Lam Dong.

Eighty children and adults are expected to receivefree-of-charge surgery under this programme, which runs from July 23-27.

This is the fourth time the Operation SmileVietnam and the Dak Lak Children’s Fund launched the event for the CentralHighlands.

Over the past three years, nearly 700 localpatients with cleft lip and cleft palate received free check-ups, while over300 others were assisted to get their smiles back.-VNA

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