Case histories
Many of the cleft patients CLEFT has helped have kindly agreed to have their stories told on our website. Thanks to them we can share their experiences with you. It is very satisfying for the medical teams and parents to see how far they have come since their initial diagnosis with a cleft.
Recent Case Histories
Arusha
Arusha was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The single plastic surgeon in the children's hospital has more patients than he can treat.
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Gareth
Gareth was born with a complete left-sided cleft of the lip and palate. His lip was repaired at three months and his palate at six months.
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David
David had a palate repair in another centre. He was one of the one in four children born
in the UK with a cleft palate.
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Odeann
Odeann had a bilateral cleft of lip and palate. His original operations were performed by a team of overseas surgeons visiting Jamaica.
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Jack
Jack had a bilateral cleft of his lip and palate. His lip was repaired at 3 months and his palate at 6 months.
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Kirstie
Kirstie had a unilateral cleft of her lip and palate. Her lip was repaired at the age of 3 months and her palate at 6 months.
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Nenia
Nenia, a 26 year old refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo, had no hope of getting her cleft lip mended in her home country.
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Salma
Salma, a 25 year old Bangladeshi woman had hidden her unrepaired cleft lip and palate from the world fearing discrimination and disgrace.
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