A baby born with a cleft palate often has a cleft lip as well. A cleft lip is a gap or opening in the upper (top) lip. Most of the time, a cleft is only in the upper lip and doesn't affect the lower lip. A cleft lip can be either unilateral or bilateral.
Kizer oversees the nation's largest integrated health care system with a medical care budget exceeding $17 billion, approximately 200,000 staff, 172 hospitals, 376 ambulatory care clinics, 131 nursing homes, 33 domiciliaries, 205 readjustment counseling centers, and other facilities.
Ambulatory Services. Yale-New Haven Hospital offers outpatient medical services including surgery, gastrointestinal procedures, radiology, and sub-acute care. These medical services, which do not require a hospital admission, are located at the main hospital and at convenient sites in the greater New Haven area. Each of these sites provides multiple services and comprehensive care for patients, from pre-screening to post-operative skilled nursing care. Yale-New Haven Hospital provides a wide range of outpatient (same-day) services at our main campuses in New Haven. These services include gastrointestinal; gynecologic; cancer; heart and vascular; blood draw stations; and diagnostic radiology service (imaging) procedures.