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  I'm sure you are wondering what connection you have here. Well, the link is that these are the complaints kids with cleft lip generally make. Do you know what a cleft lip is? If not, this is what it is. The cleft lip is the opening in the baby's upper lip due to improper closure of the facial structure during its development in the womb. This problem is treatable, but society does not accept it and treats children who are born with a cleft lip badly. But Amandeep Hospital in partnership with Smile Train emerged like a ray of light at the end of the tunnel for those families who had lost all hope of seeing their children as other normal children. Smile Train is a New York-based organization founded in 1999. It has an extensive network of free cleft lip and palate surgeries in 87 countries. In partnership with Amandeep Hospital, more than 8000 free surgeries have been performed since 2004 along with other benefits such as travel expenses, speech therapy, and orthodontic treatm...

  When Baby Priya was born, nobody was ready to hold and accept the child, even the Mother was afraid that what god has done to them. Parents used to keep the child hidden in their home from relative, neighbors and visitors, taking this as a social stigma. Parents thought that they will have to brought up the child like this and they were worried about this that how they will face the various comments of the society. Meanwhile parents went to consult their family doctor. He told that this condition can be cured by surgery. They were informed that complete treatment of this deformity is available at various Smile train centers and they came to know by nursing staff working at  Amandeep Hospital , who was relative of their neighbor about surgery carried out at  Amandeep Hospital  Amritsar (Smile Train Accredited Centre). Parents saw a ray of hope and felt very happy. Free Treatment was like a dream come true for the parents since they are from a middle class family. Th...