The Malaysian chapter of the Association of Medical Doctors of Asia (AMDA) will apply to the Health Ministry to allow the association to use facilities in government hospitals to carry out charity operations involving 200 patients from poor families next year.

Taking a cue from ‘Smile Pinki’, an Oscar winning documentary, a hospital in Meghalaya provides free treatment to cleft patients.

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- Some 110 children with cleft palate and harelip deformities availed of free reconstructive surgery recently at the Mother Theresa of Calcutta Medical Center here.

A group of American surgeons will visit Zimbabwe next month to conduct free corrective surgery on children and adults with disabling mouth conditions known as cleft lip and cleft palates.

Every May Dr. Dan Alam of the Cleveland Clinic takes a trip to Cusco, Peru.

People in Rajasthan can soon bid adieu to facial deformities such as cleft palate and cleft lips through a free surgery. Operation
Smile, the largest non-profit international volunteer services organisation and Rajasthan Royals — the 2008 IPL champions — in association with the state government, will soon be launching a unique programme to treat such patients.