06/01/2021
Dr. Marcelo Hochman of Charleston recently took on a case involving a local child who was born with a rare condition that prevents her skin from healing after sunlight exposure.
Warning signs of skin cancer had emerged, and the girl, who is now 4, needed care. The problem was, her parents lacked resources to pay. Big hospitals, which are not set up for humanitarian aid, offered nothing.
Hochman, a facial plastic surgeon with a private operating room and charitable foundation, worked with an anesthesiologist and other volunteers and helped the girl for free, absorbing the costs.
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Dr. Marcelo Hochman of Charleston recently took on a case involving a local child who was born with a rare condition that prevents her skin from healing after sunlight exposure.