The Smile Train Regional Centre at our hospital was established in the year 2003 with the aim of providing free quality corrective surgeries for persons living with cleft lip/palate.  With the grant assistance of The Smile Train, USA, we not only provide free quality corrective surgeries but also provide free treatment, free investigations, and free food three times a day. Additional services like speech therapy, 24 hours nursing care, counselling and rehabilitation are also provided.

Exemplary services at our centre…

1. Quality corrective cleft lip/palate surgery.
2. Expert pre and post Counseling for cleft patients and their families
3. Essential investigation & diagnostic services.
4. 24 hours round the clock nursing care.
5. Enhanced Speech therapy for cleft palate patients
6. Well equipped infrastructure with state-of-the-art equipments including operation theatre, recovery room, pre and post operative wards
7. Specialized marketing and public awareness camps
8. Unique medical reference library

We follow the ten principles of Smile Train USA…

• Insure patient safety is our 1st priority
• Focus exclusively on the problem of clefts
• Foster self-sufficiency through free training & education
• Provide free surgery for children who can’t afford it
• Embrace an interdisciplinary team approach
• Invest in research to find a way to prevent clefts
• Leverage technology to accelerate learning results
• Partner with other cleft organizations and share resources
• Operate the most cost – efficiency cleft organizations in the world
• Work ourselves out of a job

 

"The Smile Train has given more than 2, 00,000
Indian Children not just a new smile but a new life".