From February 23 to March 2, doctors from KMU’s Dongsan Medical Center helped indigent Vietnamese patients in Vietnam., Doctor Han Ki-Hwan from the Cleft Lip and Palate Facelift Center of Dongsan Medical Center and eight volunteers operated on thirty patients with cleft lips or palates in Long An Segaero Hospital in Vietnam.
Cleft lip and palate is one of the most common congenital malformations where the lip and the roof of the mouth (palate) fail to form properly. In Vietnam, about 200,000 people are affected by this disorder.
Center manager Dr. Han said “At the end of the fourth year of medical activities in Vietnam, I can read the appreciation in their eyes without verbal communication. I hope many more patients can smile again. I also expect great Korean medical technologies to become known worldwide.”