In remote parts of Peru, where money and plastic surgeons are scarce, it may never be repaired. After all the patients are evaluated, Chief plastic surgeon Michael Gallant and Surgeon Thomas Boland meet with nurse Marie Clifford to decide on the surgery schedule. Later, back at the hospital, all the doctors and anesthesia specialists review the plan together. They will try to do eight cases each day. Now it's time to tell the families.
Parents break through the crowd like contest winners.
Some children will be admitted to the hospital right away, for surgery in the morning. 38 patients in all. The surgery schedule was full. P.O. Box 3142, St. Petersburg, FL 33731.