Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/10/19
By: Chen Wei-ting and William Yen
Taipei, Oct. 19 (CNA) Two infants from Kiribati, who were born with cleft lips and
Lo Lun-chou (羅綸洲, right)
palates, have undergone surgery in Taiwan and are now recovering well, one of their Taiwanese doctors said Thursday in Taipei.
The two babies, Langley Beniata and Iotebwa Kantaro, were brought to Taiwan on Sept. 23 with the assistance of the Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation (NCF), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ronald McDonald House Charities.
Their cases were brought to the attention of the ministry and the two non-governmental organizations by doctor Wang Shih-hsin (王詩欣), who was working in Kiribati.
Wang saw the two infants in January and subsequently contacted the NCF, which helped make the arrangements for them to obtain treatment at Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital. [FULL STORY]