Rose Foundation medical technical adviser Prof Dr Woo Yin Ling, Etiqa corporate social responsibility head Siti Hafizah Mohd Zaharom and PDRM Corporate Communication head Datuk Asmawati Ahmad observe how the collected swabs are prepared for testing in the lab. ― Pictures by Hari Anggara
Within days, they found themselves in Kelantan to kick start what would be the first of a nationwide cervical cancer screening for female police officers from the bottom 40 per cent households. Asmawati wants this to be a long-term collaboration and she hopes to explore other health initiatives not just for female police officers but for male officers as well.“They thought it was going to be very painful perhaps due to their pap smear experience, well you look at the speculum and the way it dilates, a shiver runs through your spine.
How this ground-breaking testing method differs from pap smears is that self-sampling detects HPV , the main cause of cervical cancer whereas a pap smear identifies abnormal cells using a speculum and a sample is collected from the cervix. A total of 301 eligible female officers took part in the self-screening last month but many more showed up in hopes of getting tested.
Designed to aid B40 women as well as to give back to frontliners, the initiative has been so well received that Dr Woo said Malaysian army doctors have reached out to her in hopes of being included.
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