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.
The largest recorded medical malpractice verdict was $268,700,000, including $137,000,000 in punitive damages. A Dallas, Texas, jury made the award in 2001 in a case involving a 15-year-old girl with cerebral palsy who died of an anesthesia overdose after undergoing surgery to repair a narrowing of the trachea. Over the past 10 years there have been 3 other awards of more than $200 million and 5 awards of more than $100 million.