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.
Founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1893, Mercy Medical Center â Des Moines is the longest continually-operating hospital in Des Moines and is also one of the largest employers in the state â with about 7,000 employees and a medical staff of more than 1,000 physicians and allied health associates.