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79 patients benefit from free cleft surgery in celebration of World Smile Day

Mary Edang from Samburu County holds her 5-month-old son Brayden Lonyalik at the St Francis Community Hospital as they wait for his free cleft lip surgery supported by Smile Train and the Kenya Society of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons KSPRAS. [Courtesy, Smile Train]

Some 79 patients on Friday underwent a free cleft surgery in line with this year's World Smile Day.

The surgeries were conducted by Smile Train in collaboration with the Kenya Society of Plastic and Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (KSPRAS) at St Francis Community Hospital, in Nairobi.

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