Operation Smile Partners With Military

Week of July 20, 2009

Operation Smile, a worldwide children's medical charity, is working hand-in-hand with U.S.  military personnel, other non-governmental organizations, foreign nationals and host nation personnel aboard hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) as part of Continuing Promise 2009 (CP09). Operation Smile will provide physical examinations and reconstructive surgeries for children and young adults with cleft lips, cleft pallets and other facial deformities. The team pre-screened 93 patients and planned 64 operations. The Operation Smile team conducts their own surgeries and utilizes the ship's facilities with pre- and post-operative care handled by the ship's medical personnel. For more information on the work of Operation Smile, visit the Operation Smile website.

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