Since 1998, the Chang Gung Memorial Craniofacial Center has cooperated with Luo Huifu Craniofacial Foundation to help overseas children with craniofacial problems receive treatment through transnational free clinics and training. So far, it has assisted 1,917 children in more than 9 countries.

A Kyrgyz boy named Udaba suffered from a cleft lip and palate problem after birth. The breast milk he fed would flow out of his nasal cavity and cleft lip, and he even choked on it. Because of his abnormal appearance, he was pointed at by his neighbors.

His mother cried all day long and did not know how to raise this child. Fortunately, she met doctors from the medical team of Mackay Hospital in Kiribati. With the help of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Luo Huifu Foundation, they arranged for Utaba to be sent to Chang Gung Memorial Hospital for treatment, and the lip surgery was successfully completed.

Cleft palate repair surgery.

Repairing defects in cleft lip and palate begins at birth. Director Luo Lunzhou of the Chang Gung Memorial Surgery Department in Linkou said that craniofacial surgery is very advanced in Taiwan. The first lip and nose repair surgery for cleft lip and palate is performed 3 months after birth to restore the perfect appearance.

; Cleft palate repair surgery was performed at 9 months old to facilitate the normal development of speech from the age of one year; the third surgery was dental bone grafting surgery, which was performed at the age of 9 in the third grade of elementary school, and was followed regularly until adulthood. The appearance and language development can be consistent with

No different from normal children.

International medical cooperation helps young children with craniofacial problems regain their self-confidence. However, in many countries with medical shortages, children with cleft lip and palate suffer lifelong discrimination due to facial defects and language barriers. In order to help more children in countries with insufficient medical resources, Chang Geng craniofacial surgery

Since 1998, the center has cooperated with the Luo Huifu Craniofacial Foundation to help overseas children with craniofacial problems receive treatment through cross-border free clinics and training. So far, it has assisted 1,917 children in more than 9 countries.

In addition, the Chang Gung Memorial Craniofacial Center also cooperates with China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines, Mongolia, Myanmar and other countries to assist in training local surgeons, orthodontics, anesthesiologists, speech therapists, specialist nurses and coordinators, etc.

Promote medical development in developing countries in Asia.