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| Women Rep Regina Nyeris watches as lead surgeon Dr Meshack Ong’uti performs surgery on a child with cleft pallet at Kapenguria District Hospital. [Photo: Wilberforce Netya/Standard] |
At least 50 children with cleft palate have been operated on in the past four months after volunteer doctors working for Help a Child Face Tomorrow (HCFT) visited West Pokot courtesy of Woman Rep Regina Nyeris.
According to the legislator, parents with children affected by the congenital malformation (cleft lip) hide them from the public since the community perceives the condition as a curse.
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