The team, from the US based Operation of Hope venture, will be landing in Zimbabwe to prepare for the surgeries, which will take place from August 5th to August 9th.
The surgeries are being offered free of charge to children and adults with facial disfigurements like cleft lips and cleft palates. All people need to do is organise to be at Harare Central Hospital’s children’s ward on Sunday 4th August, for a pre-surgery screening.
Operation of Hope is being assisted by the local Zimbabwe Rotary Club, which is helping with logistics on the ground.
Rotary’s Stewart Chipato told SW Radio Africa on Thursday that word is spreading about the surgeries, and people across Zimbabwe are expressing excitement about the life changing opportunity.
Operation of Hope was last in Zimbabwe in July 2012. During that visit, the team of international doctors and surgeons performed 52 facial reconstructive operations.
The August mission will be the 13th since Operation of Hope first started coming to Zimbabwe in 2006, and to date more than 720 free surgeries have been performed in the country.
The screening day starts at 8am on August 4th at Harare Central Hospital. Potential patients are asked to bring all pertinent medical records and information for the screening. – SW Radio Africa News
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