Medical Solutions FZ, a leading provider of pathology laboratory services and management, recently held an educational symposium in conjunction with the Emirates Medical Association Pathology Society on recent advances in cervical cancer screening and detection technologies with a focus on Liquid Based Cytology (LBC). This was attended by more than 80 leading pathologists, cytoscreeners & gynaecologists from the region.
This cutting-edge service and technology, which recently was approved in the United Kingdom by the National Screening Program, are available in Dubai through Medical Solutions FZ group laboratories namely Welcare Hospital Pathology Laboratory, HSL laboratory, SCL laboratory & DML laboratory.
“We recognize the importance of bringing the best in continuing medical education to healthcare practitioners in the region. The more that gynaeocologist, general practitioners and pathologists know about the latest testing procedures available, the better they can serve their patients,” said Dr. Marlon O. Pereira, Vice President, Medical Director of Medical Director of Medical Solutions FZ.
Medical Solutions is committed to holding a number of additional symposiums with the Emirates Medical Association Pathology Society over the next 12 months. They will focus not only on international medical issues, but problems of regional concern as well.
Entitled ‘Recent Advances in Cervical Pathology: cytological and histological aspects’. The continuing medical education event featured prominent speakers such as Dr. Mike Wells, Professor of Gynaecological Pathology at the University of Sheffield and Honorary Consultant to Sheffield Teaching Hospital; Dr. John Smith, Consultant Histopathologist and Cytopathologist at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer in Pathology at the University of Sheffield, and Wilma Anderson, National Training Manager, Medical Solutions. They discussed the emerging technologies and nomenclatures in cervical pathology.
