Andhra Pradesh

PREMA to conduct free cleft-lip, palate surgeries

VISAKAHPATNAM: Subham PREMA Hospital here is conducting cleft lip and palate surgeries free of cost and patients in south Orissa and Chattisgarh can also avail this opportunity.

The Kimaaya and German Cleft Foundation has selected the Subham PREMA Hospital as the regional centre to perform the surgeries and in addition to the surgeries the hospital, for the first time in this area, the hospital is also conducting pre-operative speech and voice evaluations and post-operative speech therapy free of cost, director general of PREMA Hospitals S.V. Adinarayana Rao has informed.

So far, the hospital has performed 450 surgeries and is planning to conduct identification and awareness camps in Andhra Pradesh, south Orissa and Chattisgarh for the benefit of patients.

A team of oro-maxial surgeons, dental surgeons and anaesthesiologists, headed by a noted cranio-facial surgeon Y. Siva Nagendra Reddy, is performing the surgeries. Audiologists, speech therapists and clinical psychologists are also involved in the project to ensure total rehabilitation of patients having these congenital deformities.

The hospital is providing free pre and post operation therapies as the patients having this condition would have nasality of speech and are unable to produce some sounds correctly even after surgery. They need speech and voice modulation therapy.

The patients would also be provided free accommodation and food.

The patients can also undergo teeth correction and facial correction surgeries as part of the project which is being provided for the first time here, Dr. Adinarayana Rao said.The Subham PREMA Hospital near Rama Talkies junction (telephones 6666655 and 6666644) can be contacted for details.

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