MBOMBELA - Operation Smile South Africa, in partnership with the Mpumalanga Health Department, is returning to Rob Ferreira Hospital.
This time to perform 25 free cleft lip and palate surgeries.
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This marks its 15th local surgical programme.
Executive Director at Operation Smile South Africa, Sarah Scarth, says the reality is that for a child born with a cleft lip in Mpumalanga struggles to access specialised services to get surgery.