South Wales Argus (UK)Thursday 3rd June 2010
A NEWPORT dentist is about to embark on a two-week trip to Cambodia where he will help treat patients with cleft lips and palates.
Keith Morgan, 51, who runs Malpas Dental Practice, will join a team of cosmetic surgeons from charity Operation Smile, to help fix the teeth of men, women and children who are undergoing the operation.
The father-of-four will also climb aboard a United States Navy hospital ship, which spends up to five months of the year treating patients all around the world, to perform procedures on people in remote locations who would otherwise not get the treatment they need.
Mr Morgan, of Langstone, got involved in the organisation on the recommendation of a friend who worked for the US Navy two years ago.
On his first trip in 2008 he travelled to Papua New Guinea, followed by Kenya in 2009, helping to treat around 100 patients each time.
Mr Morgan, who also runs a dental surgery in Cwmbran, said he was looking forward to jetting off in two weeks time. He said: “It really is a life-changing thing for these people.
“It is a great opportunity to help people in the third world who would not get this done otherwise.”
Keith Morgan, 51, who runs Malpas Dental Practice, will join a team of cosmetic surgeons from charity Operation Smile, to help fix the teeth of men, women and children who are undergoing the operation.
The father-of-four will also climb aboard a United States Navy hospital ship, which spends up to five months of the year treating patients all around the world, to perform procedures on people in remote locations who would otherwise not get the treatment they need.
Mr Morgan, of Langstone, got involved in the organisation on the recommendation of a friend who worked for the US Navy two years ago.
On his first trip in 2008 he travelled to Papua New Guinea, followed by Kenya in 2009, helping to treat around 100 patients each time.
Mr Morgan, who also runs a dental surgery in Cwmbran, said he was looking forward to jetting off in two weeks time. He said: “It really is a life-changing thing for these people.
“It is a great opportunity to help people in the third world who would not get this done otherwise.”
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