Latakia-SANA
The national campaign for early detection of cancer continues for the fourth consecutive day in hospitals, health centers and mobile clinics in Lattakia governorate, amid a remarkable turnout from citizens confirming the promotion of awareness and health empowerment of the importance of early detection of cancer.
At the North Raml Health Center, Dr. Amna Rajoub, director of the Raml Health Center, explained in a statement to SANA that the center provides services to detect the types of cancer specified in the campaign from eight in the morning until the end of the auditors present after the end of the official working hours, indicating that so far 55 patients have benefited from the PSI detection And 43 reviews of the smear and 26 reviews of the mammogram.
Director of the Syria Youth Imprint Foundation in Lattakia, Dr. Amal Alia, summarizes the foundation’s role in this campaign by organizing and statistics, sorting them and handing them over to the Ministry of Health to follow up on confirmed cases, pointing out that they were present in the Northern and Sanctuary Raml Centers, Al Haffa Hospital and the Charitable Oncology Society throughout the campaign period.
Dhawa Shaaban Qadous, in her seventies, came to check on her health and to check for breast cancer after hearing about the campaign, and she advised all women to undergo tests. Khadija Sawas also conducted the smear examination and said that it took a few minutes.
In the town of Bahloulia and its neighboring villages in the countryside of Lattakia, the mobile clinic continues to conduct laboratory and radiological examinations for the people of the area, according to Diana Ali’s lab, explaining that the clinic contains a mammogram machine for performing a breast image, a special room for taking a smear from the cervix and a laboratory for blood transfusion BSI to detect prostate cancer Where the data of the auditors are taken and the analyzes are carried out and sent to Al-Assad Hospital to obtain the results.
Mona Harfouch, a nurse from the Military Maternity Hospital, in charge of the uterine cancer department, explained that the campaign was very popular among women. In turn, the lab, Mayada Jalaoud, noted the role of mobile clinics in saving time and costs for citizens, as cars were provided to transport the patients and return them to their homes.
Mrs. Mayada Yaqoub, who suffered from illness and had to remove the uterus, came to check up on her health and advised her colleagues and family not to delay in undergoing a periodic examination to avoid infection or the disease progressing to a point where it is difficult to achieve a full recovery, while Ms. Samar Diop and Hala Shaheen pointed out the importance of spreading awareness and intensifying health education To invest this free campaign in the service of citizens.
Mohsen Ali Daoud also expressed his gratitude for this campaign, noting that it saves costs and effort and contributes to spreading awareness in the countryside.
The total number of visitors during the past days in the mobile clinic reached 60 mammograms, 28 cervical smear analyzes and 80 PSI analyzes.
Alaa Ibrahim and Dima Hishma
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