{"id":17579,"date":"2024-03-30T15:42:08","date_gmt":"2024-03-30T15:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=17579"},"modified":"2024-03-30T15:42:10","modified_gmt":"2024-03-30T15:42:10","slug":"national-screening-for-prostate-cancer-launched-in-linden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/national-screening-for-prostate-cancer-launched-in-linden\/","title":{"rendered":"National Screening for Prostate Cancer Launched in Linden"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By <strong>Shawnette Fiedtkou<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Health professionals in Region 10 are the first to be briefed on a national prostate cancer screening exercise to be conducted countrywide by the Ministry of Health through the Men\u2019s Health Unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Health, through its Men\u2019s Health Unit, partnered with the Region 10 Health Department to launch a National Prostate Cancer Screening Programme in Linden with a workshop targeting health professionals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Sawan Jagnarain, a family and public health practitioner attached to the Men\u2019s Health Unit, explained how the national screening plan will work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> &#8220;We want to screen everyone,&#8221; he emphasized, outlining the criteria for screening men aged 45-69.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The national screening program, if successful, will be the first of its kind in the Caribbean and is being spearheaded by Urologist Dr. Rajendra Sukhraj.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Jagnarain highlighted the importance of health professionals prioritizing men seeking medical attention, citing their reluctance to access healthcare. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He reminded them to maintain confidentiality as stated in their Hippocratic oath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, Dr. Jagnarain noted that prostate screening does not necessarily involve a rectal exam, with technological advancements making digital rectal exams accessible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the workshop hosted at the Watooka Guest House, health professionals were given a detailed lecture on prostate disease. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The program will be rolled out in regions 2, 4, and 1 in the coming days as the Men\u2019s Health Unit aims to reach all communities in Guyana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Shawnette Fiedtkou Health professionals in Region 10 are the first to be briefed on a national prostate cancer screening exercise to be conducted countrywide by the Ministry of Health&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":17580,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17579"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17581,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17579\/revisions\/17581"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}