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Scylla Duarte Prata (November 23, 1923 – June 14, 2025) was a Brazilian gynecologist.


Biography

Prata entered the Faculty of Medicine of the
University of São Paulo The Universidade de São Paulo (, USP) is a public research university in the Brazilian state of São Paulo, and the largest public university in Brazil. The university was founded on 25 January 1934, regrouping already existing schools in ...
(USP) at a time when very few women were seen in the corridors of medical teaching institutions, graduating in 1949. After graduation, Dr. Prata married Dr. Paulo Prata, dedicating herself to medical practice and the development of health services in
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,
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. Together, they founded the ''São Judas Tadeu Hospital'', which later evolved into the Hospital de Amor, under the administration of the Pius XII Foundation, established in 1967. She was instrumental in the introduction and dissemination of the
Pap smear The Papanicolaou test (abbreviated as Pap test, also known as Pap smear (AE), cervical smear (BE), cervical screening (BE), or smear test (BE)) is a method of cervical screening used to detect potentially precancerous and cancerous processes in ...
in Barretos, a technique that revolutionized the early diagnosis of
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. Her commitment to preventive medicine saved countless lives and set new standards of medical care for women across the region. Prata died on June 14, 2025, at the age of 101.


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