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A four day plastic surgery camp was held at the Ras Morbat
Clinic in Aden.
The camp details were arranged by a locally based medical team with
their own nurses, doctors, and other medical and support personnel.
A local plastic surgeon from the Aden Republican hospital was
invited to train in newer methods of cleft and aesthetic surgery.
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Over a four day period, over thirty patients were seen and eighteen
patients admitted and operated for cleft lip, palate, burn
contractures, ptosis, aesthetic septo rhinoplasty, lip and nose
implants, and other problems like scars and benign growths needing
cosmetic surgery. The remainder of patients were requested to
attend the next camp in Feb 2010.
At the invitation of Yemen Smile, Dr.Ashish Sabharwal, Manager of
the Smile Train Programmes in India (www.smiletrain.org) visited
the camp for one day to meet with local surgeons and other hospital
staff. He presented some of the Smile Train CDs and brochures to a
local hospital as well as to the Ministry of Planning and
International Cooperation.
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