
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, July 24, 1990                   TAG: 9007240383
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A2   EDITION: EVENING 
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DATELINE: NEW YORK                                LENGTH: Short

TOP HEALTH AIDE FIRED IN N.Y. PAP SCANDAL

City officials who allowed about 3,000 Pap tests to languish for a year betrayed the public trust, Health Commissioner Woodrow Myers said before firing a top aide in the scandal.

After the delay, 11 tests revealed cancerous cells, 93 showed precancer conditions and 600 contained other abnormalities.

No women have died as a result of the mishandling, but some could be at risk, Myers said.

Pap smears test women for cervical and uterine cancer.

-Associated Press

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