Ecuador boy receives surgery in U.S. to correct facial deformity

Posted on September 15, 2013 • Filed under: Ecuador, Latin America Health, United States

An Ecuadorian boy with a severe facial deformity is due to fly home from New York next week after going under the surgeon’s knife ten times to fix a potentially fatal condition. Ten-year-old Kevin Rosero was brought to the U.S. in January by Blanca’s House, a charity that works to improve access to modern healthcare. When he arrived for surgery at Stony Brook University Hospital Kevin could not speak English and he hid his face in a scarf so no one would see his lip. Read Article

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