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Talk Line with Bridgette Woodall, Morrison Community Hospital · WIXN AM 1460 - Shaw Local Radio

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  Speaker 1: Good morning, Sock Valley. You've joined the Waking crew here
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  Speaker 1: on FM ninety five one and a fourteen sixty WIXN
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  Speaker 1: and it's eight fifteen, so that means it's time for
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  Speaker 1: talk line. And today I'm joined by our good friends
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  Speaker 1: from the Morrison Community Hospital. I'm speaking this morning with
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  Speaker 1: family nurse practitioner Bridget Woodall. Bridget, how are you today?
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  Speaker 2: I'm doing well this morning, Brandon.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you staying more my hope.
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  Speaker 2: I'm trying.
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  Speaker 1: I think we're we're all doing our best. So tell
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  Speaker 1: folks a little bit about yourself.
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  Speaker 2: Bridget my name, So I'm Bridget Woodall. I am a
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  Speaker 2: family nurse practitioner. I live local to the area and
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  Speaker 2: I started my nursing career right here at Sock Valley
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  Speaker 2: Community College and then progressed in my education into achieving
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  Speaker 2: my masters. I've spent the last ten years working in
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  Speaker 2: women's health and gynecology, with a focus on eurogaynecology and
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  Speaker 2: chronic pelvic pain. And more recently, I'm excited I tested
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  Speaker 2: to become a nationally certified menopause nurse practitioner and I
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  Speaker 2: am supporting women through the transition into and through menopause.
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  Speaker 2: I've worked at Morrison for about three years, and I
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  Speaker 2: have really enjoyed bringing gynecology and women's healthcare to the
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  Speaker 2: community of Morrison. It's kind of a new service line
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  Speaker 2: that we offer there and it's going very well.
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  Speaker 1: So I'm curious what really got you into not just
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  Speaker 1: this field, but that's a specific line, you know, in healthcare.
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  Speaker 2: So basically, my transition into gynecology and women's health services
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  Speaker 2: is really a personal journey. Someone close to me was
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  Speaker 2: diagnosed with cervical cancer and I just realized the importance
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  Speaker 2: of having good connection with women and their provider and
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  Speaker 2: ensuring women feel comfortable so they will attend their appointments,
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  Speaker 2: they get the screenings that help prevent illness and keep
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  Speaker 2: them healthy.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I'm certainly glad that you're you're doing that work,
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  Speaker 1: and and uh, you know, I'm sorry for your loss,
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  Speaker 1: and I you know, I just am really happy that
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  Speaker 1: you're you're there doing this kind of work because you know,
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  Speaker 1: I'm sure you're you're you're not alone in that, and
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  Speaker 1: you know, these is important kind of work and what
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  Speaker 1: are some of the things that you actually treat over
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  Speaker 1: there Morrison.
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  Speaker 2: So in our women's health practice, I work alongside doctor Robertsvinski,
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  Speaker 2: and we have two additional nurse practitioners, Catherine Perno and
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  Speaker 2: Jerica Jordan. Together, our team takes like a pretty comprehensive
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  Speaker 2: approach to caring for women from puberty on. Our team
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  Speaker 2: provides well wellness, well woman care, and family planning services,
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  Speaker 2: including a full range of birth control services. We also
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  Speaker 2: treat numerous conditions affecting our female patients, things like pelvic pain,
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  Speaker 2: irregular menstrual periods, we take care of urine area in continents,
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  Speaker 2: and pelvic organ prolapse. We also offer hormonal replacement which
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  Speaker 2: is a common visit need, and we support shared decision
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  Speaker 2: making when treating our patients. Other things that we provide
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  Speaker 2: our fertility support and preconception planning and education for our
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  Speaker 2: patients who are interested in becoming pregnant. Starting in August,
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  Speaker 2: Morrison Community Hospital added an office site to the Dixon area,
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  Speaker 2: so I have had the opportunity to bring some of
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  Speaker 2: these service lines back to the community of Dixon and
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  Speaker 2: offer additional services to women in the surrounding areas well.
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  Speaker 1: That's fantastic news. Now you folks out there, No, you
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  Speaker 1: don't if you know you're not as close to Morrison
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  Speaker 1: closer to Dixon, you do have that option. Let's focus
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  Speaker 1: on cervical cancer or for a moment, Bridget, who's at
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  Speaker 1: risk and how is it detected and more importantly, how
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  Speaker 1: is it treated and in your opinion, what's the success
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  Speaker 1: rate of that kind of treatment.
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  Speaker 2: So that's a great question. Since January is Cervical Cancer
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  Speaker 2: Awareness months, there's no time better for us to discuss
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  Speaker 2: the importance of screening, and that screening starts on most
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  Speaker 2: women around the age of twenty one. Of course, there's
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  Speaker 2: some variations based on risk factors, and that's something that
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  Speaker 2: we take the time to discuss and educate our women
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  Speaker 2: regarding Cervical cancer is caused by a virus. It's known
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  Speaker 2: as HPV, which is the Human papilloma virus. Sexually active
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  Speaker 2: women and men are at risk for contracting this virus
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  Speaker 2: and then in some women, the virus can cause changes
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  Speaker 2: to the cells in the cervix. So these changes can
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  Speaker 2: progress over time and they become cancerous. But luckily, many
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  Speaker 2: cervical cancers are treatable and in some instances women will
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  Speaker 2: clear the virus on their own. But the importance of
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  Speaker 2: early identification and doing those screenings ensures we intervene medically
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  Speaker 2: before the cells become cancerous. So it happens kind of
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  Speaker 2: in a step wise approach, and we monitor those changes
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  Speaker 2: over time and then if we get to a certain level,
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  Speaker 2: that's when we intervene.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, how are we how you know soon? Should should
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  Speaker 1: women be be looking at this? Is this something that
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  Speaker 1: they started as young girls or you know, maybe early adulthood.
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  Speaker 2: So I think it depends on when women become sexually active,
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  Speaker 2: and that makes a difference in when the screenings start.
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  Speaker 2: But typically by the age of twenty one, all women
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  Speaker 2: should be established with a gynecology provider or someone that
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  Speaker 2: can provide those screenings for them. It's currently recommended that
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  Speaker 2: young women, once they have gone through puberty, it's good
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  Speaker 2: for them to establish with gynecology just so we can
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  Speaker 2: get to know each other and have good communication in
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  Speaker 2: the office. That does not meet an exam, but it
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  Speaker 2: unless they're symptoms that warranted.
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  Speaker 1: Sure, because I have to imagine it's it's probably better
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  Speaker 1: to be proactive than reactive, right.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, absolutely, so this is definitely a screening and we
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  Speaker 2: want to prevent the transition into a cervical cancer, so
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  Speaker 2: those screenings help us do that and you know, we
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  Speaker 2: use that time to educate women further on their bodies,
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  Speaker 2: their life transitions. You know, we do a full physical
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  Speaker 2: exam during that appointment. There's a lot more that goes
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  Speaker 2: on than just the PAP screening itself, but the importance
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  Speaker 2: is very high.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely, So that's is there or when when would you recommend?
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  Speaker 1: If you know, maybe somebody hasn't had anything going on
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  Speaker 1: and I know you said maybe it kind of depends
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  Speaker 1: when they're sexually active, But how does that conversation you know,
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  Speaker 1: maybe maybe there's women out there who are a little
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  Speaker 1: a little uncomfortable. What's the best way to kind of
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  Speaker 1: start that conversation with your doctor?
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  Speaker 2: You know, I think we generally, I mean, we have
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  Speaker 2: those conversations every day, so it's very comfortable for us.
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  Speaker 2: But as the patient, you know, finding a provider that
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  Speaker 2: you're comfortable with and someone that you can talk openly
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  Speaker 2: to and you know, we hear all kinds of things
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  Speaker 2: and you know, trusting your health provider and making sure
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  Speaker 2: that you have the relationship to you know, kind of
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  Speaker 2: discuss some of those difficult topics. They're difficult questions. We're
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  Speaker 2: here for it, so you know, when we do the
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  Speaker 2: interview and we take a good history on our patients
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  Speaker 2: and really try to get to know them. That's usually
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  Speaker 2: where those and moving forward. But like I said, you know,
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  Speaker 2: typically around the age of twenty one is when the
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  Speaker 2: testing should start and then we see our patients, you know, annually,
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  Speaker 2: just to stay in touch and make sure that we're promoting.
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  Speaker 1: Health to anyone listening. Are you taking new patients right now?
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  Speaker 2: We currently are taking new patients.
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  Speaker 1: What's the best way for them to go ahead and
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  Speaker 1: get that started?
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  Speaker 2: So the easiest way, even if you want to be
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  Speaker 2: seen in the Dixon Clinic is to call Morrison Community
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  Speaker 2: Hospital and they will get you in touch with our
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  Speaker 2: excellent nursing team and then they usually will get appointment scheduled.
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  Speaker 1: Wonderful. Well, there you have it, folks. It's it's so
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  Speaker 1: important again have these have these conversations with your healthcare provider.
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  Speaker 1: Do it, do it early, you know better better sooner
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  Speaker 1: than later, you know, and you'll have a better chance.
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  Speaker 1: And it's it's just good to be on top of
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  Speaker 1: these things. Is there anything else you wanted to share
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  Speaker 1: to this morning, bridget No.
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  Speaker 2: Brandon, I appreciate you having me and have a good day.
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  Speaker 1: No, I appreciate you coming on the show sharing all this,
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  Speaker 1: you know, important information, the work that you folks do.
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  Speaker 1: I lost my mother to cancer when she was in
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  Speaker 1: her late forties, not that type of cancer, but just
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  Speaker 1: from somebody who's you know, had these kind of things
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  Speaker 1: touch on you know, on my family and something so personal.
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  Speaker 1: I'm just glad that there's folks like you that are
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  Speaker 1: out here doing this work and that are on top
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  Speaker 1: of it.
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  Speaker 2: So thank you, yeah, thank you. I'm sorry for your
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  Speaker 2: loss as well. It's just important that when we can,
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  Speaker 2: we intervene, prevent and we take care of our women.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely, Bridget thank you,