Salome’s Mother Was Determined to Help Her Daughter
As Gloria cradled her newborn daughter, Salome, her heart overflowed with love. But her joy quickly turned to despair when the delivering doctor wrongly informed her that Salome had a contagious disease. Like many healthcare providers in rural areas, Gloria’s doctor did not understand that Salome was born with cleft lip and palate.
Due to this misinformation, the doctors separated Gloria from her baby for several weeks. To make matters worse, the village church said the cleft resulted from Gloria’s sins, excluding her from the community until the cleft was “fixed.” These tragic circumstances are too common in under-resourced countries, where healthcare is minimal, especially outside of city centers.
Read the full story of how Gloria and Salome met Global Smile Foundation here: https://gsmile.org/patient-story/salome/