This is great news for people over 40 – the free “Prophylaxis 40+” program has been extended and there is additional time for screening. It is necessary to be examined – timely treatment can even save your life.
This is a little gift for all people over 40. Those who came late and those who did not use the program. Take advantage of the program of free tests for people over forty, which will be extended until the end of April. This is a program that can save lives.
– Thanks to the “40 plus” program, we diagnosed several cancers in my small clinic, including colon cancer, – says Joanna Zabielska-Ciechuc, family medicine specialist at “Family Clinic” in Bialystok.
This is because the package contains a test for the presence of occult blood in the stool. In addition – including morphological and liver tests. Men can also check their PSA levels – very important in detecting prostate cancer.
Program “Prevention 40+”
How to enter these tests? – The easiest way is to stay at home, open the computer, enter the patient’s online account, – says Dr. Agata Slavin, family medicine specialist, family doctor.
In IKP you need to fill out the survey and select the facility you want to check. Simple instructions are available online. In case of problems, clinics are also ready to help. However, the “Prophylaxis 40+” program, which will operate from July 2021, was not popular.
– Within this program, more than 20 million Poles over 40 years of age were tested. So far, four million Poles across Poland have undergone such tests, says Anna Leder of the Łódź provincial branch of the National Health Foundation.
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The new program covers more people
It might be better to advertise a new program that will replace “Prevention 40+”. – I would like this new program “My Health” to come into effect from May, – says the Minister of Health of the Civil Alliance Izabela Leshchina.
According to Minister Leshchyna, the patient cannot be left alone with the results. He wanted to analyze them with a doctor or nurse. There will be more changes.
– “Moje Zdrowie” program is dedicated to everyone, there is no age limit. Women in their 30s also get sick, says Izabela Leshchina.
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It is expected that other changes will take place in May. During the examination, health care providers are required to ask about mammography, cytology, or PSA, or indicate the way in which such tests should be performed. However, there is no obligation to perform these tests.
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– The implementation of this through professional medicine was a significant increase in the probability of a higher percentage of people from screening tests – explains prof. Piotr Wysocki, head of the Clinical Oncology Department of the University Hospital in Krakow.
Because not enough people are always engaged in them.
