Operation Smile will carry out its 28th medical mission to the Dominican Republic. Local and foreign doctors will operate on 25 children with cleft palates and harelips. These children, pre-selected by Dominican specialists, will receive free surgery and after-care at the Dr. Salvador B. Gutierrez Public Hospital in Santo Domingo, a teaching hospital. Possible candidates are welcomed at the hospital for evaluation. There are an estimated 300 cases born in the DR with cleft palates and harelips.
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Diario Libre
17 May 2021