We are dedicated to cleft care in India and provide state of the art comprehensive cleft care at our G S Memorial Plastic Surgery Hospital, Varanasi, India. We have provided more than 32000 free cleft surgeries, partnering with world’s biggest cleft charity Smile Train. The program is run under the leadership of Dr. Subodh Kumar Singh, noted plastic and cleft surgeon who has experience of more than 25 years in the field. The hospital is known world over for its cleft work and documentary “Smile Pinki” made on the hospital’s program won an Academy Award ( Oscar) in 2009 and brought an unprecedented awareness about the plight and cause of cleft patients across the world.
We provide comprehensive care to the cleft child ever since we come to know about her, even prenatally. Prenatal counselling after the intrauterine diagnosis of a cleft child to prepare parents to take care for the baby once it is born and psychological support to the parents should they need it. After the child is borne we train and support the mother to feed the baby properly so that child remains nutritionally healthy. We train mothers to breast feed the cleft baby even if the baby has cleft of palate. Key is to contact us early.We provide all kinds of surgeries for the lip palate, alveolus and nose including all secondary surgeries. We also provide them orthodontic treatment and speech therapy. All through we psychologically support the child and parents so that child grows up normally in the society. The treatment is provided FREE to all needy patients with the help of “Smile Train”-no questions asked, or at a very affordable cost if you wish to be a paid patient.