Mur Lura
FURTHER EQUIPMENT FOR GOZO GENERAL HOSPITAL
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02/08/2001
02/08/2001
| The Hon. Giovanna Debono, this morning inaugurated | the new Colposcope donated to the Gozo General Hospital by Friends of the Sick and Elderly (Gozo). |
| Colposcopy is part of a screening programme for | cancer of the female lower genital tract. For this purpose a Colposcope, a mobile microscope, is used to detect suspect cells. The test is done on women who upon examination have some abnormality or abnormal pap smears (smear test). Colposcopy is done as an out-patient procedure needing no anaesthesia and taking only 5-10 minutes, with no discomfort to the patient. |
| This new Colposcope will be located in the | examination room situated at the new extension of the Out Patients Department, inaugurated only last April. |
| In her address for the occasion, the Hon. Giovanna | Debono, Minister for Gozo thanked the Friends of the Sick and Elderly who have, since their setting up, shown great support to the sick and elderly in Gozo. She encouraged other private sector parties to follow the Friends of the Sick and Elderly’s example in seeking collaboration with Government for the provision of a better social and health service to Gozitans on the island. "With the availability of this new equipment, Gozitan women will no longer need to travel to Malta for such a simple intervention but can avail themselves of services available in Gozo, all this thanks to initiatives taken by the private and voluntary sector who have the care of the sick at heart". |
| Present for the occasion were Hospital Superintendent | Dr. Anthony Livori and representatives of the Friends of the Sick and Elderly. |
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