The United States Naval Hospital Mercy is now here to
conduct Operation Smile starting on Wednesday until August 13 for the benefit
of less fortunate residents in Luzon with
cleft lip/palate.
Operation Smile is an international humanitarian
organization that mobilizes resources and volunteers to organize international
missions to do cleft lip and palate surgeries.
It is a program of Cleft Lip/Palate USNS Mercy Ship
International Surgical Mission hosted and organized by the Kapampangan
Development Foundation (KDF), a non-profit, non-stock non-governmental
organization (NGO) that promotes health, education and livelihood programs for
the less fortunate communities of Pampanga and nearby provinces in Luzon .
In a statement, May Shilton, the overall mission coordinator
and past president of Rotary Club of Mabalacat, said that the mission will
accommodate 100 cleft lip/palate patients who will come from Central and Northern Luzon .
Meanwhile, Sylvia Ordoñez, KDF executive director, said
cleft lip/palate patients who are operated on at an early stage (six months and
above) have a better chance of recovering their ability to speak 100%.
Ordoñez requested all interested patients to come and
register at the SBMA Gym located near the Freeport
After the said date, the mission secretariat will transfer
at the Subic Bay Convention and Exhibition Center (SBECC) where patients will
be accommodated prior to boarding the US Navy Mercy Ship which is currently
docked in Subic Bay .
For patients coming from Pampanga area may coordinate with
KDF-Jesus A. Datu Medical Center (JADMC) in Barangay San Vicente, Bacolor or
call 045-4580027 /09175631314/ 09998847060 and look for Dianne or Nerissa for
free transportation services to Subic which
will be provided on Wednesday.
The Rotary International District 3790, headed by Governor
Mai Ocampo and Governor-elect Raul Peralta and the Subic Bay Metropolitan
Authority are the local organizing partners/hosts.
Rotary dedicates itself to humanitarian programs such as cleft
lip/palate missions.
The SBMA promotes industries, trade and commerce in Luzon .
In addition, SBMA has social action activities that it
considers its Community Social Responsibility (CSR) program to help the less
fortunate communities of Northern Luzon .
Patients and their caregivers will be allowed to stay at the
SBECC before and after the surgery.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=789487
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