Free medical camp for cleft-lip patients at Bhara Kahu today

Islamabad: A group of Chinese and Pakistani surgeons will operate upon cleft lip patient’s from (today) Tuesday.

In this connection, a free medical camp is being arranged here at Akhbar Niazi teaching hospital, Bhara kahu to conduct the surgery. It will be 6-day medial camp, and we are expecting that around fifty most complicated cleft lip and plate patients will go through the surgery, said the camp’s organiser Prof. Dr. Farhat Akhtar Rehman.

The camp is being organized by Islamabad Cleft Lip and Plate Association (ICLAPA). The patients suffering from this serious disease will be re-checked for their further treatment. The affected patients may contact at phone No 051-2251275 or 0321-5568018 for necessary information.

According to President of ICLAPA M. Aftab, such medical facility is being provided to affected children on regular basis, enabling them to live a normal life. 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. It may be mentioned here that out 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.