One milllion untreated cases in the country

 Mysore :

The international conference on ‘Quality Cleft Care’ organised jointly by Deutsche Cleft Kinderhilfe E.V. (DCKH) in association with St. Joseph’s Hospital, Mysore and Schweizer hilfe fur spaltkinder, Switzerland, was inaugurated by Hans Gunter Loffler, Deputy Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany at a private hotel in city recently.

The conference was followed by a live surgical workshop at the St. Joseph’s Hospital. The aim of the conference was to provide quality and accessible cleft care to the underprivileged children who would otherwise never have a chance to reintegrate as productive citizens into the society.

This year, DCKH is sponsoring 20 students who are pursuing research in the field of cleft care — oral and maxillofacial surgery, orthodontics and speech pathology.

54 delegates including 15 eminent maxillofacial surgeons, orthodontists, anaesthesiologists, physicians and speech pathologists involved in cleft care from Bangladesh, Germany, Vietnam, USA and India participated.

Dushyant Prasad, Regional Manager, DCKH India, said, “The current statistics reveal that a overwhelming number of 50 patients a month are slated for surgery at each of the Deutsche Cleft Kinderhilfe E.V. facility in Mysore, Coorg and Bangalore against the national backlog of one million untreated cases. Though the organisation is not in a position to cater to the huge number of cases, we are consciously making all efforts to provide the highest standards of treatment to whom we can reach.”

Dr. Manu Prasad, Project Director, said, through this initiative it is aimed to sensitise and enrich the knowledge of teams involved in cleft care to make a positive impact in the coming days through this learning programme.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / March 14th, 2014