Comments on: Children who can’t smile – the cleft lip deformity

By: AVIK

AVIK — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 07:18:36 +0000

hi i am avik mukherjee of kolkata,india age 21 years a student of msc (botany) of calcutta university,unfortunately i am a cleft lip patient my first operation was done when i was 6 months old,the operation was partly successsful as there was a cut mark as well as a very little notch left,so i hv decided to do another operation which was done on 5 th march 2010 by dr.p.k.sinha,hope this time the operation will be a great success,waitiing for that day…………i need ur blessings,i will inform you later about my health,thanx a lot rituparna for creating such blog………..

By: R Grover

R Grover — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:31:06 +0000

Thanks for the wonderful story with successful outcome.
I will be interested in learning about a doctor with his/her name and email address preferably in north India-Delhi or Punjab to write about the process and make my donationsfor cleft lip and palate surgery
Thank you

By: Ambreen

Ambreen — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:06:30 +0000

I would like to find about the children who require such surgeries

By: Pawan-Lucknow

Pawan-Lucknow — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 05:21:23 +0000

Hi Rituparna,
Thanx for the wonderfull blog and good info for readers ,I was happy to be part of this blog coz i went through Pinki’s Village and photographed her.I m planning to do a Photo Story on Cleft Surgery and I m sure people will know more about this and will help those children who are suffring.

By: rajeev

rajeev — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:22:53 +0000

@http://www.smiletrain.org/ is the organisation that provides cleft lip/palate surgery. In India the operation can cost as much as Rs 8000 depending on where it’s done.
- Posted by rituparna

Rituparna,
Thank you,
Sanjeev

By: rituparna

rituparna — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 05:34:36 +0000

rajeev – http://www.smiletrain.org/ is the organisation that provides cleft lip/palate surgery. In India the operation can cost as much as Rs 8000 depending on where it’s done.

By: karen j-l

karen j-l — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:49:22 +0000

I’m wondering why operations can’t be done a month later on children born with cleft palate. It’s a sin that they have to grow up like that and it’s something that can be corrected.

By: rajeev

rajeev — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:07:33 +0000

Rituparna Bhowmik:
2. Also you mentioned “Satish Kalra, the South Asia director of the charity”–but did not provide any link.

By: rajeev

rajeev — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:17:46 +0000

Rituparna Bhowmik:

Great choice of the article!

Treated cleft lip is like the rebirth of a kid undergoing misery due to this defect.

Certain details were missing: 1. relevant links of charity organization which deal with this. 2. Also you mentioned “Satish Kalra, the South Asia director of the charity”. 3. Approximate cost of operation or link.

Can you provide these details?