Paediatric and Counselling unit
Paediatric and counselling unit of Smile Train Cleft Centre is manned by a consultant paediatrician with a special training in caring for children with cleft lip and palate.
Paediatric care provided to the patients registered for cleft lip and palate treatment include,
- complete examination, assessment of feeding, correcting nutritional errors, monitoring growth and development,
- planning treatment for other congenital anomalies,
- monitoring general health, in collaboration with the paediatricians of the referring centres and consultants of the other relevant specialities such as Paediatric cardiologist, ENT surgeon, speech and language therapist, and the midwives.
- providing pre-operative and post operative care of the children undergoing surgery.
- providing health education.
- counselling and psychological support for parents and children when they are grown.
- organizing events with the parental supporting group “Sanyatha.”
- carrying out training programmes on different aspects of care for health care providers.
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