CEBU CITY, Philippines -- Cleft patients here in Cebu and other parts of the country may soon avail of free, quality cleft care treatment and service through Operation Smile's comprehensive
Emiliano Romano , executive director of OSP, together with Dame Mariquita Salimbangon Yeung, the founder of the MSY Charitable Foundation Inc. , and Dr. Anton Reposar , CCMC hospital administrator, leads the ground breaking for the Cebu Comprehensive Cleft Care Center at the new CCMC building on Dec. 2, 2022. | Wenilyn B. Sabalo
The ceremonial groundbreaking marked the beginning of the construction works for the facility, to be shouldered by the OSP. The center will include five operating tables, diagnosis, and medical evaluation across specialties, feeding and nutrition care, dental care, speech services, counseling and support, and surgical care.
“They will find a signup form. It is actually a link where they can sign up. Our coordinator will get in touch. Sometimes, we fly patients to our centers to receive care and then fly them back home and all of these are for free,” he said. “And I think this is something for the Cebuanos to be proud of because this will not only cater to patients with cleft palates from Cebu but from the Visayas and the entire Philippines,” he added.
Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama also thanked the OSP and the MSY Foundation for this initiative and assured the city government’s support for the program, noting that such was inclined with his dream of providing quality care for the Cebuanos.
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