In July and August, Cam Le Family Doctor Center (Family Hospital branch) coordinated with Cam Le District People's Committee and Hoa Vang District People's Committee to screen 1,300 women for cervical cancer and perform examinations and implementations. clinical examination, free medicine distribution to 1,000 elderly people in Cam Le district and Hoa Vang district.
For the Cervical Cancer Screening program, the unit performs screening with 3 indications: Gynecological examination, gynecological ultrasound probe, Pap smear test (Pap smear helps detect abnormalities in the structure and cervical cell activity, thereby indicating the risk of future cancer).
Specialist Doctor I Truong Thu Thuy, working at the Obstetrics and Gynecology clinic, Cam Le Family Doctor Center, said that according to statistics, each year in Vietnam there are about 60,000 new cases of cervical cancer diagnosed. detect.
The death rate is equivalent to 50% of new cases, due to the fact that many patients come to the hospital at a late stage. Early detection will help greatly reduce the pain and damage caused by this disease.
Regarding the free examination and medicine distribution program for 1,000 elderly people , Specialist Doctor I Tran Bang Hai - Director of Cam Le Family Doctor Center said, so that the elderly can be examined and treated with With modern equipment such as CT scan or MRI, the Center invited the elderly to come to the Center and divided them into specialties for treatment and medicine distribution.
Elderly people are examined and treated for all types of diseases without limitation including: Internal Medicine, Surgery, ENT, Eye, Maxillofacial, Oriental Medicine... Free ultrasound, x-ray, electrocardiogram, etc. testing, CT, MRI... and dispensing medicine in case of illness that needs treatment.
Not only does it help with chronic diseases such as eye diseases, hypertension, diabetes, musculoskeletal diseases, etc. Through the program, many dangerous and malignant diseases have been discovered such as liver cancer, lung cancer, helping people promptly treat the disease.
