“I think it’s really good”says one. The second abounds: “It’s a real service, to make an appointment you sometimes have to wait 6 months.” Another explains: “It’s good for women who have difficulty getting around. And when you can’t move around, you’re less careful about your health.”
Organized by the CPAM, Health Insurance and the Regional Cancer Screening Coordination Center (CRCDC-Oc), nearly 500 mammograms, thanks to the mammobile, were carried out in Gard the week of December 9 to 13. In the city of springs, “97 women from Vergèze and the surrounding area came to be tested”explains Ethel Caccavelli, radio manipulator. However, “the conditions were not ideal”she continues.
Women satisfied with the initiative
Despite a barn to shelter patients from the cold and rain, the municipality has not provided a room located on the site, “which would have improved their comfort and waiting time”, she laments. Despite this, the day passed in a positive atmosphere. The women welcomed said they were satisfied with the initiative and many would like the mammobile to intervene more regularly in the villages.
Not far from there, in a bungalow made available by the MSP La source, “warm, with two doctors, we screen the cervix and we provide kits to screen for colorectal cancer, which is less followed because it seems more complex for some. We also provide a lot of information and awareness campaign and although it is Women’s Health Day, two gentlemen also came to learn about colorectal cancer. indicates Amandine Ricout, precautionary officer at the CPAM du Gard.
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