U.S. surgeons fix smiles abroad

A group of American surgeons is traveling to developing countries, performing hundreds of free surgeries on children who have little or no access to healthcare. Rotoplast international is a San Francisco-based charity that operates in children with a cleft lips or palates. Those birth defects can cause respiratory infections and hearing problems, but plastic surgery can fix them. FSRN’s Manuel Rueda recently spoke to a team of doctors who visited Pereira, a small city in Colombia´s coffee country.

The Rotaplast team returned from Colombia last Sunday--they are now planning a two week  mission to Nanjing, China. There’s more information on their work at www.rotaplast.org