life was not less than a nightmare for six-year-old Afghan girl Nooria who would have never imagined that her cleft jawbones will ever get into its original shape. Nooria though in a road mishap at her native place Burk, Afghanistan survived but her jowl got ruptured so badly that it needed immediate medical attention.
On September 16, she was brought here at Devkamal Hospital by the members of Jesuit Alumnae Association of India (JAAI). Even receiving preliminary treatment at Peshawar, Pakistan not much difference came in her life.
However, after undergoing a corrective surgery at Devkamal Hospital and staying under the care of plastic surgeons for a week, she would be able to smile again. After being operated under the supervision of expert teams led by Dr Anant Sinha, her crevice jaws now have come into its original form.
Dr. Sinha after operating the patient, who happens to be the first foreign national who have undergone Cleft-lip surgery at Devkamal Hospital, said, “The operation has been successful and after three months teeth placement procedure will be carried out. We performed the operation successfully on September 17 free of cost as a part of our campaign to help the deprived who is in instant need of medical care. Also, all essential medicines have been provided to her free of cost.”
Notably, Nooria along with her parents was staying at a refugee camp in Kabul, Afghanistan when the members of JAAI spotted her there in a critical condition. After convincing her guardians, the team helped the little girl in getting her smile back by bringing her at a hospital that can help her out in a best way.
After going through the case study of Nooria precisely, the team of doctors at Devkamal Hospital immediately gave their consent to operate her. A Cleft-lip surgery or Cheiloplasty which is a surgical procedure to correct a groove like defect in the lip has been performed for first time on any foreign national at the Devkamal Hospital.
Earlier, patients from Australia and Malaysia had undergone a cosmetic surgical treatment only at this hospital. After undergoing a successful surgical treatment, Nooria returned to Afghanistan on Tuesday with her parents.