Sanxiang*** January 30 (Quan** reporter Li Qi correspondent Li Yawen Peng Xiangyue) Eligible children with congenital microtia can apply for ** assistance. The reporter learned from Hunan Provincial Children's Hospital on January 30 that Liu Xuanxuan (pseudonym), a 12-year-old child, successfully applied for defect relief funds after surgery.
12 years ago, when Liu Xuanxuan was born, his family found that his right side of the auricle was deformed, only one earlobe was close to the side of his face, and his hearing was relatively poor. In 2023, Liu Xuanxuan came to Hunan Provincial Children's Hospital for outpatient treatment and was diagnosed with "right middle and middle ear malformation".
From August 4, 2023 to January 25, 2024, Xuan Xuan has undergone several right ear reconstruction surgeries, which have undergone cosmetic suturing and are currently recovering well.
Due to the difficult economic conditions of the child's family, Liu Xuanxuan can apply for a project assistance subsidy of up to 30,000 yuan after two surgeries under the congenital structural malformation assistance project of Hunan Provincial Children's Hospital, which greatly reduces the medical burden.
According to reports, congenital microtia is mainly due to the embryonic stage.
1. Caused by dysplasia of the dibranchial arch and its first branchial sulcus, often accompanied by deformities of the maxillofacial or other parts. It not only affects the child's appearance, but also affects the hearing in serious cases, and may also make the child have an inferiority complex, introverted personality, and unsociability, which affects the work and life after the first generation.
Zhao Qin, an otolaryngology-head and neck surgeon at Hunan Provincial Children's Hospital, said that the most common method for congenital microtia is external ear reconstruction. The basic age is 6 years old, and the best age is 8-10 years old; Height 120 cm; Weight 20 kg; Chest circumference 55 cm. Microtia reconstruction requires about 2-3 surgeries, about 1About 5-20,000 yuan, some families are not well-off, and often delay their children's ** due to economic reasons.
Hunan Provincial Children's Hospital's Birth Defects Relief Project provides assistance for congenital structural malformations, and children who meet the subsidy standards can enjoy a subsidy of up to 30,000 yuan. Xuanxuan is one of the children who benefit from the project, and after two surgeries, she can apply for a project relief subsidy of up to 30,000 yuan.