Mission to VIGAN 2018
The team operated on 23 children, performing 33 procedures at Metro Vigan Multipurpose cooperative Hospital, at Vigan over a period of six operating days.
Dr Shiby Ninan from Royal Darwin Hospital and Dr Nitin Sharma from Hobart Hospital were the two Surgeons and Dr Terence Beh and Dr Kushlani Stevens from Melbourne were the Anaestheologists.
The nurses were Erin McIntosh, Gwen Currey, Ashleigh McIntosh, Nicole Johnson, Ruth Goodchild, Danielle Cooke, Malika Burke, Molly Windfeld-Petersen & Tracey Madden.
CASE STUDY
Jenica had a bilateral cleft lip with an excoriated section on the lip tissue which oozed blood. She always wore a mask when in public. Thanks to surgery provided by Helping Children Smile INC, Jenica now no longer wears a mask in public, Jenica wears a beautiful smile.
Jenica at the post operative check-up clinic with her mum and Kate Rogers one of the nurses from Helping Children Smile.
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