Nepal-based Shah Hemp Inno-Ventures (SHIV) has completed a hempcrete structure that serves as a specialized craniofacial surgery and recovery center, the only such medical facility of its kind in the country.

“This facility gives hope to those in Nepal who need the help of specialists to treat their very serious health problems,” SHIV’s co-founder and CEO Dhiraj K. Shah said of the facility, which provides medical services to its patients at no cost.

A highly specialized discipline, craniofacial surgery addresses deformities of the head and neck such as cleft palate and other facial, jaw and ear anomolies.

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