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Na Lorgairean Aillse/The Cancer Detectives

An sgeulachd mu na daoine a rinn str矛 gus boireannaich a sh脿bhaladh bho aillse mhuineal na machlaige. The story of those who fought tirelessly to save women from cervical cancer.

Tha an sgeulachd mu mar a th脿inig deuchainn-s脿bhalach airson aillse mhuineal na machlaig gu beatha bhoireannaich 脿bhaisteach cho annasach 鈥檚 a tha e cho iongantach ris a鈥� bhuidheann de dhaoine a chruthaich e: in-imreach Gr猫igeach, an Dtr. George Papanicolaou; a bhean dh脿na, Mary; neach-ealain Iapanach, Hashime Murayama; an Dtr. Helen Dickens, l猫igh-e貌laiche bhan Aifrigeanach Ameireacanach ann am Philadelphia; agus clas gu tur 霉r de luchd-saidheans bhoireann, aithnichte mar e貌laichean-cheallan.

Cha robh san deuchainn ach toiseach-t貌iseachaidh. Aon uair 鈥檚 gun deach a dhearbhadh cho 猫ifeachdach 鈥檚 a bha i, dh鈥檉heumadh an iomairt gus an deuchainn-smi霉raidh a thoirt gu nam milleanan de bhoireannaich gluasad n脿iseanta a thogail air feadh Ameireagaidh.
Tha Na Lorgairean Aillse ag innse sgeulachd nach deach a h-innse roimhe, mun chiad chogadh riamh an aghaidh aillse, agus na daoine a rinn str矛 gun stad gus boireannaich a sh脿bhaladh bhon phr矛omh aillse a bha uair gam marbhadh.

The story of how the life-saving cervical cancer test became an ordinary part of women鈥檚 lives is as unusual and remarkable as the coalition of people who ultimately made it possible: a Greek immigrant, Dr. George Papanicolaou; his intrepid wife, Mary; Japanese-born artist, Hashime Murayama; Dr. Helen Dickens, an African American OB/GYN in Philadelphia; and an entirely new class of female scientists known as cyto-screeners.

But the test was just the beginning. Once it proved effective, the campaign to make Pap smears available to millions of women required nothing short of a national mobilisation across America. The programme tells the untold story of the first-ever war on cancer, and the people who fought tirelessly to save the population from what had been the number one cancer killer of women.

Dubbed in Gaelic with English subtitles

52 minutes

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Sun 26 Jan 2025 22:00

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