US Medical Teams Will Screen for Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate at Leonardo Martínez Hospital

Interplast South and Reconstructive Surgery Foundation-Earthspeak of the United States announced today that they will be screening patients with cleft lip and cleft palate on February 13 at the Leonardo Martínez hospital in San Pedro Sula. The screenings will begin at 8:30 am. The services will be provided by an Interplast South team of plastic surgeons, pediatricians, anesthesiologists, and nurses in partnership with Honduran healthcare professionals and a team from RSF-Earthspeak that will consist of speech and language pathologists. The medical and speech screening will be provided free of charge. If found appropriate, patients will be selected for surgical correction or free speech training for cleft palate related speech disorders.

Interplast South and RSF-Earthspeak have been working in San Pedro Sula for a number of years. For more information regarding the screening, surgical correction, or speech training for individuals with cleft lip, contact Peggy Kipps of the Ruth Paz Clinic in San Pedro Sula at 552-2880 or 9830-5055. The Leonardo Martínez hospital is located at 9th Avenue between 7th and 8th Streets in the Paz Barahona neighborhood.