Changing lives: HUGS Foundation prepares for trip to Peru, performing free surgeries

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A local plastic surgeon and his team of 14 people from across the country are getting ready to head to Peru on a mission for the HUGS Foundation.

FILE - Dr. Vito Quatela and the HUGS Foundation made a trip to Guatemala in 2018, performing free surgeries for children with facial deformities .

"In certain social communities like Vietnam and the U.S., we embrace kids with deformities," says Dr. Quatela. "But there's other communities that actually shun them and they are a liability. So, a simple deformity like this it doesn't enable them to go to college, carry on a job that they want to, and we've seen those changes. I've seen kids become doctors. It's really rewarding.

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