Assumption, IP.- The head of the National Program for the Prevention of Cervical and Breast Cancer of the Ministry of Health, Nelly Maldonado, announced that this year the network of centers for diagnosis and treatment of precursor lesions of cervical cancer will be expanded.
The expansion will focus on the three regions prioritized by the national government, over the next three years: Canindeyú, Concepción and San Pedro. According to the professional, these areas of the country will have diagnostic and treatment centers (PAP, cervical biopsies and outpatient treatment of precursor lesions).
He added that, starting this year, a travel schedule for the “mobile leep” is planned, a high-frequency surgery team that will be installed in the Family Health Units, positions that attract the largest number of patients because they are the gateway to Public Health services.
“This equipment removes the lesion with local anesthesia, it is a very successful method. The lady who has the lesion heals and does not develop the infiltrating lesion, that is, it prevents the tumor from advancing,” she explained.
The Ministry of Health has diagnostic centers (colposcopy) and treatment centers for cervical cancer precursor lesions, where services are provided free of charge to users.
Reference centers (Cervical pathology)
Alfonso Godoy Health Center; District Hospital of Lambaré; Mariano Roque Alonso District Hospital; Fernando de la Mora Maternal and Children’s Hospital; Cape Town District Hospital; District Hospital of Ñemby; Villa Elisa District Hospital; St. Lawrence Hospital (Street); Hospital of Caaguazú; Health Center No. 3 “Domingo Savio”; Health Center No. 4 “Holy Trinity”; Health Center No. 7 “Fátima Neighborhood”; Health Center No. 8 “Saxony Neighborhood”; Health Center No. 9 “Bernardino Knight”; Health Center No. 11 “Republican Neighborhood”; Health Center No. 12 “Dr. Valerio Fernandez”.
Treatment Centers
Alfonso Godoy Health Center; National Hospital of Itauguá; Luque Regional Hospital; National Cancer Institute; District Hospital of Lambaré; Mariano Roque Alonso District Hospital; St. Lawrence Hospital (Street); Health Center No. 4 “Holy Trinity”; Tumor Clinic Institute “Maria Josefa Barbero”; St. Paul Maternal and Children’s Hospital; Encarnación Regional Hospital; Minga Guasu District Hospital; East City Regional Hospital and the Regional Hospital of Coronel Oviedo
A timely test can save your life! If you are between 25 and 49 years old, get a Pap smear at the nearest health center, it is free. It is an easy and simple test that effectively contributes to the early diagnosis of cervical cancer, highlights the bulletin of the Ministry of Health.
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2024-04-22 17:01:34
