Dr. Joseph O'Malley - Hare Lip Operation - Rach Gia - South Vietnam
Description:
A jeep enters the village. Voice over explains that the Americans are looking for a girl with a cleft lip. She and two Vietnamese men accompany the Americans out of the village to a hospital. At the hospital, Dr. O'Malley talks about his Vietnamese medical colleagues. A shot of doctors prepping the girl for surgery while OMalley describes the procedure. Shots of the procedure, without showing the patient. Girl in the recovery room without a cleft lip. Girl leaves the hospital and is shown sitting at a busy dock area.
