Free cleft lip surgeries for children

Smile Train India, a nongovernment organisation, the National Health Mission and the state Directorate of Health and Family Welfare have signed a memorandum of understanding to enable free surgeries and post-operative care for children with congenital cleft lip and palate, in Himachal Pradesh state.

Patients for the surgeries will be identified through a programme: the Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram. Since 2000, Smile Train has supported more than 1,700 cleft repair surgeries, free of cost, in Himachal Pradesh. (IANS)