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The initiative brought life-changing reconstructive surgery to children across the Northern Cape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SmileWeek3_25934.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.666309681967302;width:656px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Specialised surgery will improve feeding, future speech, and development. PHOTO: Supplied<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Taking place on 24 and 25 November and on 1 and 2 December, the week marked a long-awaited turning point for many families who travelled from rural towns. It offered them relief and renewed hope amid financial and emotional strain.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Young patients from Kimberley, Pampierstad, Upington, Douglas and Steinkopf were treated by specialist surgeons Dr Maria Giaquinto Cilliers and Dr Gert Steyn, alongside their skilled multidisciplinary team. Giaquinto Cilliers has served at the RMSH since 2005.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-smile-foundation-continues-to-raise-essential-funding\">Smile Foundation continues to raise essential funding<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The hospital&#8217;s chief executive, Mkhululi Ntintelo, highlighted the impact of the partnership between the RMSH and Smile Foundation, which has provided surgery to more than 200 children with congenital abnormalities and burn-related deformities since 2017.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The RMSH remains the Northern Cape&#8217;s only tertiary centre for plastic and reconstructive surgery. 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