The Bucharest Emergency University Hospital runs a pilot project that offers 1,500 free tests for HPV with high risk. Insured patients can benefit from free HPV test and Babeș-Papanicolau test, based on a referral ticket from the family doctor.
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“In the context of the European Week to prevent cervical cancer, a pilot program supported by the Ministry of Health and coordinated by Prof. Univ. Dr. Monica Cîrstoiu, chief of obstetric clinic- gynecology next to Mr. Conf. Univ. Dr. Radu Eugen, through which the Molecular Pathology Laboratory was equipped with modern HPV testing equipment ”transmitted on Tuesday the University Emergency Hospital Bucharest, reports News.ro.
The 1,500 free tests are provided by Roche Romania, one of the global pioneers of the pharmaceutical and diagnostic industry, and the prevention prevention is considered essential for reducing the incidence of cervical cancer. Vaccination is available in the C7 cabinet in the SUUB ambulatory.
“The HPV virus is responsible for over 90% of cervical cancer cases, over 85% of cases are involved with the highest virulence, respectively HPV16 and 18”the specialists of the medical unit in the Capital have also transmitted.
“By screening. Insured patients can benefit from free HPV test and Babeş Papanicolau test in a liquid environment, with a referral ticket from the family doctor, addressing the doctors of the OG Sub clinic in the day or classic hospitalization or by presenting to the gynecology office in the integrated ambulatory SUUB, with programming at Dr. Natalia Turcan ”states the management of the University Emergency Hospital.
In Romania, over 5.7 million women are exposed to the risk of developing cervical cancer, in the context in which the country is facing some of the lowest anti-HPV vaccination rates.
