{"id":10015905,"date":"2020-01-16T10:10:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-16T09:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spaltkinder.org\/unkategorisiert\/dckh-representatives-visit-cleft-treatment-centers-in-india\/"},"modified":"2023-05-15T15:45:27","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T14:45:27","slug":"dckh-representatives-visit-cleft-treatment-centers-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spaltkinder.org\/en\/category-news\/dckh-representatives-visit-cleft-treatment-centers-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"DCKH representatives visit cleft treatment centers in India"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Day 1 and 2 of our 11-day project trip in early 2020: we, Andrea Weiberg and Ulrike Claassens from the Freiburg team, are in Mysore. Our cleft center in Joseph\u2019s Hospital offers needy cleft patients comprehensive treatment: surgery, dentistry, orthodontics, speech therapy, ENT and psychology \u2013 all relevant specialist disciplines are under one roof and work hand in hand. We meet Father Manuel and Father Sanjay, who run the clinic. And witness Dr. Manu Prasad and his team perform an operation. In just under two hours, Dr. Manu reconstructs the palate of eight year old Kumar. We are impressed by the professionalism, the reassuring calm and warmth with which the little patients are cared for. And the warm hospitality with which we were received. A big thank you to the whole Mysore team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second stop in Hyderabad<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our second stop: Hyderabad. DCKH is present with no fewer than three partner hospitals in the capital of the state of Telangana with its almost 8 million inhabitants. Dr. Vijay operates around 20 cleft children per month in his hospital, with a lot of love and great experience. Speech therapy and preoperative NAM are further components of his comprehensive treatment concept. We get to know Rohinth, who had been operated on the palate two days earlier. His mother is so grateful! Ramdevrao Hospital, a large non-profit organization, has been a new partner for two years now. And the young, motivated surgeon Dr. Neeti is a brand new member of our medical team, who wants to build a new contact point for cleft children in the Avis Hospital. Three very different institutions that all have one thing in common: The goal of giving cleft children a chance in life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shree Jain Hospital in Haora<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Siddhartha heads the cleft center at our partner hospital, the Shree Jain Hospital and Research Center, in Haora. The metropolis is part of the Kolkata metropolitan area. Dr. Siddhartha operates some 30 patients every month! Today he has organized a tour of Haora for us to meet three of his little patients. Tashfia was operated only the day before yesterday. She lives with her parents in Assam, in northern India. 600 kilometers away, a two-day trip by train. Tashfia\u2019s mother, with whom we can communicate in English, says that they became aware of our aid project via a Facebook group. She is overjoyed that her daughter\u2019s first operation went without any trouble. For her and her husband it is no question that they will be on their way again later this year to also have Tashfia\u2019s cleft palate treated by Dr. Siddhartha. Next, we visit Seikh in his home. He lives with his 4 sisters and his parents in a room without daylight, on 10 square meters. They make room for us on the family bed. And here, too, we experience great gratitude again. Thank you Dr. Siddhartha for this very special day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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