Medic Lorlene Ramsundar is on a mission to ensure that every woman she meets knows the importance of having a Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid (VIA) or a pap test done, both of these reveal whether cancerous cells are present on the woman’s cervix.
Cervical cancer is 100% curable and this could only be done if it is diagnosed in the early stages, so Ramsundar feels it is imperative that every woman hears the message and gets an inspection or test done.
Therefore, do not be surprised if this woman, who has spent all of her working life in the medical field, meets you one day and after some pleasantries, asks if you have had a VIA or pap test done. And if you respond in the negative she would stress the importance of having it done. If your answer is in the affirmative, you would be told when it is necessary to have another one done.
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