Launching ceremony of "Healthy Dream Smile Plan"
Cleft lip and palate, including simple cleft lip, cleft palate and cleft lip and palate, is the most common congenital malformation in oral and maxillofacial region, which is usually caused by incomplete or complete fusion of facial processes in the 8- 12 weeks of embryonic development. The data show that about 35,000 children with cleft lip and palate are born every year in China, with an average of 1 child with cleft lip and palate in every 550 newborns, and the incidence rate is about 1.82%.
"Cleft lip and palate not only affects children's facial beauty and mental health, but also causes a series of developmental problems such as sucking dysfunction, hearing impairment, language impairment, dentition and jaw development disorders." Dr. Liu Chundong, the attending physician of the Department of Stomatology in zhujiang hospital, pointed out that the treatment of cleft lip and palate is mainly surgery, and the problem of organ appearance should be solved first, and the problems of language, swallowing and jaw development need follow-up training and treatment to advance.
At present, the surgical treatment of cleft lip and palate in China is quite mature. Liu Chundong pointed out that children with cleft lip can have surgery in 3-6 months, and because of the trauma of cleft palate surgery, it is best for children with cleft lip to have surgery around 1 year. Generally speaking, the best time for children with cleft lip and palate to undergo surgery is before they begin to speak, which is helpful to obtain good therapeutic effect and has little influence on subsequent development.
Compared with many serious diseases, the cost of cleft lip and palate surgery is lower, ranging from 6000 yuan to 10000 yuan. However, for many families of children with cleft lip and palate from poor areas, this is an expensive expense. Most children with cleft lip and palate can't get treatment opportunities because their families lack knowledge of cleft lip and palate or can't afford treatment fees.
Beijing Lianyi Charity Foundation Guanliangcai Special Fund
800,000 start-up funds to help poor children.
It is reported that the "Healthy Dream-Smile Project" will help 0/00 poor children with cleft lip and palate in Guangdong Province to restore their smiles and prevent their families from becoming poor or returning to poverty due to illness.
Xia Oudong, vice president of zhujiang hospital, said that as a designated rescue hospital, the hospital will concentrate superior resources to help the development of medical public welfare, so that children with cleft lip and palate can regain their confidence and hope in life and smile brightly.
At the launching ceremony of the project, Beijing Lianyi Charity Foundation donated 500,000 yuan from the special fund, and Zhang Leitao's expert studio set up a special fund to donate 300,000 yuan, of which 800,000 yuan was used as the start-up fund for special assistance for children with congenital cleft lip and palate.
"Mr Guan is a patriotic overseas Chinese from Guangdong. This donation is also to meet the wishes of the elderly and help poor children in Guangdong Province. " LAM Raymond, chairman of Beijing Lianyi Charity Foundation, said that from 20 1 1, the Foundation began to help children with birth defects in deep poverty areas, and then extended to developed areas to help children with birth defects in poor families. The accumulated investment in medical poverty alleviation funds exceeds 1 100 million yuan.
The project will raise funds to serve the community through the model of "charity+social workers+student volunteers". Qingyuan Charity Association, various social work service centers in Guangzhou and other public welfare partners have joined hands with the Youth Assistance Hotline of the Communist Youth League Committee 12355 to help families and children in need.
These five ways can apply for special assistance.
The "Healthy Dream-Smile Program Public Welfare Project" supports children with cleft lip and palate who are under 18 years old (including 18 years old) and have China nationality and have surgical indications. The form of funding takes the form of social security or reimbursement of the new rural cooperative medical system+individual pays, and the "Healthy Dream-Smile Plan Public Welfare Project" subsidizes individuals to pay about 5,000 yuan.
According to the reporter, there are five ways to apply for special assistance:
1, wechat logs in to the "Guangdong Save Trouble" applet, selects "social assistance" and clicks "Apply for serious illness assistance" to enter the service, and selects the foundation project support, cleft lip and palate. After the application is submitted successfully, the staff needs to review it.
2. Call 12355 for free consultation. Press the "4" key to provide one-on-one help (8:30-20:30 every day).
3. Contact the social worker of this project directly, Ruan Social Worker18928951861(working hours: 8:00- 17:30).
4. Contact zhujiang hospital Medical Social Work Station at 020-61643171(working hours: 8:00- 17:30).
5. Consult the major social work organizations and public welfare partners in Guangzhou, and they will refer them to the social work office of this project for follow-up work.