Patients

Some Patients from the 2009 Mission

These two tiny babies Sanjita, is 8 months old and weighed in at 3kg.  and Jannatul at 11 months weighed in at 4kg, were too malnourished for their operation and were sent to Dhaka Childrens hospital for high protein feeds then surgery scheduled for a later date.

Little Robiul 11 months, 6 kg. His father Ghazi has three children. Robiul is the youngest. Robiul’s mother died three months after his birth from the brain tumour. Ghazi’s brother helps him finanacially. This gorgeous little boy never stopped smiling.

This is Afifa, who is 6 months old and weighs 4 kg. Pre and post operation. Her mother is 17 years old and Afifia is her second child. Afifa’s grandmother also came to the hospital.

More from the October 2007 Mission

This is a first set of pictures taken of patients prior to their correctional surgery by the team on the February 2008 mission. Hiraj on the right brought his son to the boat with bad burns. We couldn’t help his son but we could help him.

 The image on the left below was taken directly after the operation. The wounds are still fresh and the face is still swollen. Once the wounds are healed, she will be able smile like never before.Hiraj on the right was sent back to his wife and five other children looking like this.

October 2007 Mission 

 Cleft Patients before the operation: 

 This is a small collection of photos taken of some of the patients prior to their correctional surgery by the team on the October 2007 mission. 

Patients after the operation: 

These pictures were taken directly after the operation. The faces are still swollen. It is easy to imagine how much of a difference the operation will make once the swelling has gone down and when the tissue has fully healed.

Patients one week after their operation with sutures removed: