Two nurses served over 5,000 women and girls

With 1,077 women and girls from the age of 15 and older are diagnosed with cervical cancer, 605 of those women and girls die.

Awareness have been carried out during PinkTober, a day that celebrates the fight against cervical cancer.

A women's health clinic located in Wagani Suburb in Port Moresby has been helping women with cervical cancer in surrounding communities since 2011.

With no official government funding, Women Health Care Awareness Limited is a proud non-government aid post consisting of only two female nurses.

They helped over 5000 women and have been spreading cancer awareness.

Women Health Care Awareness Limited Director Sr. Helen B. Hukula said that she was not able to get Port Moresby General Hospital to assist with getting tests including a Pap Smear and providing results that could save the 0.003 percent of women diagnosed with cervical cancer.

 “I started off this clinic as a retired nurse from Port Moresby General Hospital and people have asked me why I created my own clinic.” said Sr. Helen.

Sr. Helen expressed that being a nurse for a long time and working with mothers especially in the labour ward, she experienced hardships and heartaches with the mothers.

And so she set out and created this small clinic with the help of her co-worker who has been diligently and faithfully assisting in the last 14 years.

And due to their hard work and dedication they have successfully saved 5000 lives of women who suffer from cervical cancer.

However, with the lack of funding, she could not expand her clinic or to go out to other communities and help mothers.

 “We cannot treat them here because we do not have medication and medical equipment, thus, we do referrals to hospitals.” Sr. Helen said.