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.
1 Houston is home to the Texas Medical Center, the largest medical center in the world, with a local economic impact of $10 billion. 2  More than 52,000 people work within its facilities, which encompass 21 million square feet. 3  Altogether 4.8 million patients visit them each year.