With a long-term partnership since 2019, the IVL Foundation (IVLF) continues its support of Operation Smile Thailand (OST) in 2024. This collaboration aligns with IVLF’s objective to provide healthcare assistance to the underprivileged across Thailand. Under this partnership, IVLF supports OST in providing comprehensive cleft care for children and parents affected by this condition. The support also extends to cover the treatment of patients with burn scars, wounds, and contractures.
Pattani Weeklong Medical Mission
From May 12 to 14, 2024, OST organized its first-ever medical mission in Pattani province. The mission aimed to assemble top medical specialists from Bangkok, including pediatricians, anesthesiologists, dentists, and plastic surgeons, for a weeklong operation to provide free surgery for underprivileged children with cleft palates and other facial deformities. Nearly 70 families came for screening, with almost half of them being children with cleft lip and palate conditions—an unusually high number compared to other missions. By the end of the screening day, 47 patients were found healthy enough to receive surgery.
For more information on the project from 2019 to 2023, please click the links below.
