It’s Pap-A-Palooza for the month of April.
The regional hospital is participating in a month long campaign to bring more awareness around cervical cancer screening and to go and get a Pap test.
Those with a cervix will know that they can often be uncomfortable, but the few minutes of discomfort can end up being life saving.
During 2019’s Pap-A-Palooza, there were 700 Pap’s completed on people with a cervix. Once the pandemic hit, the palooza was put on hold. Now that it’s safer for more procedures to be completed the TBRHSC is again joining the 24 clinics around the region to again complete at least 700 screenings or more.
More than 1,600 Pap tests have been completed since 2016 across Northwestern Ontario.
Those that are over due for a test, or have never gotten one, are able to contact their family doctor to schedule or contact one of the 24 available clinics;
More information about the clinics and testing can be found here.
Other communities than what’s listed above are also participating in the clinics. All of the information is available in either of the links provided.