‘Screening one of main aims‘
Tuesday 21st September 2010, 2:29PM BST.
A LOCAL charity is giving its support to a States amendment to prioritise bowel cancer screening over museum storage.
Guernsey Bowel Cancer Awareness chairwoman Anne Brouard said screening would be of great benefit. ‘The introduction of bowel cancer screening is a major priority for the charity,’ she said. ‘Early detection is the key to reducing all types of cancer. If detected early enough, bowel cancer can be cured.’
However, she added that the charity also appreciated the need to preserve the island’s cultural history for future generations.
The amendment, proposed by Deputy Matt Fallaize, asks the States to switch from spending £250,000 a year on improving how museum objects are stored to providing a free bowel cancer-screening programme – costing £200,000, and then an annual £190,000 after its first year.
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it never ceases to amaze me how the states always fail to prioritise. surely a screening test which could save someone,s life and the realtives of the person heartache and greif is fundamentally more important than the preservation of an old museum.I grant the preservation of our heritage as an island is important but more important surely is saving someone from this type of cancer which claims 16,000 lives a year so come on states less about heritage and more about health and life!
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I have a couple of points of view: we all have a bowel, some less fortunatate, having undergone treatment, have a bowel bag in place, due to maybe cancerous treatment. I would far rather see money spent on cancer relief, treatment, whatever it takes to enable people to lead a good quality of life. I am horrified that the screening for this is in its infancy, bearing in mind the huge breast screening initiative, which is ongoing.
I really feel, whilst being an avid museum visitor, throughout the world, when opportunity allows, that for now, local culture should take a second place to community health.
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