Abahlengikazi abangochwepheshe baseNorth Tyneside General Hospital bahamba umhlaba wonke babelana ngolwazi lwabo futhi banikeza ukunakekelwa okubalulekile emiphakathini.
Ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, abahlengikazi abavela eNorth Tyneside General Hospital bazinikele eKilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC) ukusekela ukuqaliswa kwensizakalo entsha yokunakekelwa kwe-stoma - eyokuqala yohlobo lwayo eTanzania.
ITanzania ingenye yamazwe ampofu kakhulu emhlabeni, futhi abantu abaningi abane-colostomy babhekene nezinselele ekunakekelweni kwangemva kokubeletha kanye nokugcinwa kwe-stoma.
I-stoma yimbobo eyenziwe emgodini wesisu ukuze kukhishwe indle esikhwameni esikhethekile ngemva kokulimala kwamathumbu noma esinyeni.
Iziguli eziningi zilele embhedeni futhi zinobuhlungu obukhulu, kanti ezinye zize zinqume ukuhamba amabanga amade ziye esibhedlela esiseduze ukuze zithole usizo, kodwa zigcine zinezindleko zezokwelapha ezibizayo.
Ngokuphathelene nezinto ezidingekayo, i-KCMC ayinazo izinto zokwelapha zokunakekelwa kwe-ostomy. Njengoba okwamanje kungekho ezinye izinto ezikhethekile ezitholakalayo eTanzania, ikhemisi lesibhedlela lingahlinzeka kuphela ngezikhwama zepulasitiki ezilungisiwe.
Abaphathi be-KCMC baxhumane ne-Bright Northumbria, inhlangano ebhalisiwe yokusiza umphakathi ye-Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, becela usizo.
UBrenda Longstaff, uMqondisi we-Light Charity yaseNorthumbria Healthcare, uthe: “Besilokhu sisebenzisana neKilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-20, sisekela ukuthuthukiswa kwezinsizakalo zezempilo ezintsha eTanzania.
Umgomo wethu oyinhloko ukuqinisekisa ukusimama ukuze ochwepheshe bezempilo baseTanzania bakwazi ukuhlanganisa lezi zinsizakalo ezintsha emsebenzini wabo ngokuqeqeshwa nokusekelwa kwethu. Ngizizwa ngihloniphekile ngokumenywa ukuba ngihlanganyele ekuthuthukisweni kwale nsizakalo yokunakekelwa kwe-stoma - eyokuqala yohlobo lwayo eTanzania.
Abahlengikazi Be-Ostomy uZoe noNatalie bachithe amasonto amabili bevolontiya e-KCMC, besebenza nabahlengikazi abasha be-Ostomy, futhi babejabule kakhulu ukudlala indima ebalulekile ekwandiseni le nsizakalo eTanzania.
Behlome ngamaphakethe ambalwa emikhiqizo yeColoplast, uZoe noNatalie banikeze ukuqeqeshwa nokusekelwa kokuqala kubahlengikazi, babasiza ukuthi bathuthukise izinhlelo zokunakekela iziguli ezine-ostomies. Ngokushesha, njengoba abahlengikazi bethola ukuzethemba, baqaphela intuthuko enkulu ekunakekelweni kweziguli.
“Isiguli esisodwa samaMaasai sachitha amasonto esibhedlela ngoba isikhwama saso se-colostomy sasivuza,” kusho uZoe. “Ngesikhwama se-colostomy esinikelwe kanye nokuqeqeshwa, indoda yabuyela ekhaya nomndeni wayo emavikini amabili nje kuphela.”
Lo mzamo oshintsha impilo ubungeke ube khona ngaphandle kokusekelwa yiColoplast kanye neminikelo yayo, manje esepakishwe kahle ezitsheni kanye neminye iminikelo futhi izothunyelwa maduze.
I-Coloplast iphinde yaxhumana nabahlengikazi bokunakekelwa kwe-stoma esifundeni ukuze baqoqe imikhiqizo yokunakekelwa kwe-stoma enikelwe ebuyiselwe yiziguli esifundeni engenakusatshalaliswa kabusha e-UK.
Lo mnikelo uzoguqula izinsizakalo zokunakekelwa kwe-stoma zeziguli eTanzania, usize ekuqedeni ukungalingani kwezempilo futhi unciphise umthwalo wezezimali kulabo abanenkinga yokukhokhela ukunakekelwa kwezempilo.
Njengoba uClaire Winter, iNhloko Yokusimama eNorthumbria Healthcare, echaza, lo msebenzi uphinde usize imvelo: “Lo msebenzi we-stoma uthuthukise kakhulu ukunakekelwa kweziguli kanye nekhwalithi yokuphila eTanzania ngokwandisa ukusetshenziswa kabusha kwezinto zokwelapha ezibalulekile kanye nokunciphisa ukulahlwa kwemfucuza. Uphinde uhlangabezane nomgomo weNorthumbria ohlose ukufeza ukukhishwa kwegesi okungenayo igesi ngo-2040.”
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Septhemba 11-2025