Abahlengikazi abaziingcali beSibhedlele iNorth Tyneside bahambahamba kwihlabathi liphela besabelana ngolwazi lwabo kwaye bebonelela ngononophelo olubalulekileyo kuluntu.
Ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, abahlengikazi abavela kwiSibhedlele iNorth Tyneside General bazinikele kwiKilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC) ukuxhasa ukuqaliswa kwenkonzo entsha yokhathalelo lwe-stoma - eyokuqala yohlobo lwayo eTanzania.
ITanzania yenye yamazwe ahlwempuzekileyo ehlabathini, kwaye abantu abaninzi abane-colostomy bajongene nemingeni yokunyamekela emva kotyando kunye nokugcinwa kwe-stoma.
I-stoma ngumngxuma owenziwe kwisisu ukuze kukhutshwe inkunkuma isiwe kwingxowa ekhethekileyo emva kokwenzakala kwamathumbu okanye isinyi.
Izigulane ezininzi zilele ebhedini kwaye zibuhlungu kakhulu, kwaye ezinye zide zigqibe ekubeni zihambe imigama emide ukuya kwisibhedlele esikufutshane ukuze zifumane uncedo, kodwa zigqibela zihlawule iindleko zonyango ezibiza kakhulu.
Ngokuphathelele izinto ezifunekayo, i-KCMC ayinazo izixhobo zonyango zokhathalelo lwe-ostomy. Ekubeni kungekho ezinye izixhobo ezikhethekileyo ezikhoyo eTanzania okwangoku, ikhemesti yesibhedlele inokubonelela kuphela ngeengxowa zeplastiki ezilungisiweyo.
Abaphathi be-KCMC bathethe neBright Northumbria, umbutho obhalisiweyo we-Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, becela uncedo.
UBrenda Longstaff, uMlawuli weLight Charity yaseNorthumbria Healthcare, uthe: “Besisebenza neKilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre kangangeminyaka engaphezu kwama-20, sixhasa uphuhliso lweenkonzo ezintsha zempilo eTanzania.
Injongo yethu ephambili kukuqinisekisa uzinzo ukuze iingcali zempilo zaseTanzania zikwazi ukudibanisa ezi nkonzo zintsha kumsebenzi wazo ngoqeqesho lwethu kunye nenkxaso. Ndiziva ndinelunda ngokumenywa ukuba ndithathe inxaxheba kuphuhliso lwale nkonzo yokhathalelo lwe-stoma - eyokuqala yohlobo lwayo eTanzania.
Abahlengikazi be-Ostomy uZoe noNatalie bachithe iiveki ezimbini bevolontiya e-KCMC, besebenza kunye nabahlengikazi abatsha be-Ostomy, kwaye babenomdla wokudlala indima ebalulekileyo ekwandiseni le nkonzo eTanzania.
Bexhobe ngeepakethe ezimbalwa zeemveliso zeColoplast, uZoe noNatalie banike uqeqesho lokuqala kunye nenkxaso kubahlengikazi, bebanceda ukuba baphuhlise izicwangciso zokhathalelo lwezigulane ezine-ostomies. Kungekudala, njengoko abahlengikazi babefumana ukuzithemba, baqaphela uphuculo olukhulu kukhathalelo lwezigulane.
“Esinye isigulana saseMaasai sichithe iiveki esibhedlele kuba ingxowa yaso ye-colostomy yayivuza,” utshilo uZoe. “Ngengxowa ye-colostomy enikelweyo kunye noqeqesho, le ndoda yabuyela ekhaya nosapho lwayo kwiiveki ezimbini nje kuphela.”
Lo msebenzi utshintsha ubomi ngewungenakwenzeka ngaphandle kwenkxaso yeColoplast kunye neminikelo yayo, ngoku epakishwe kakuhle kwiikhonteyina kunye neminye iminikelo kwaye iza kuthunyelwa kungekudala.
I-Coloplast ikwaqhagamshelane nabahlengikazi abanyamekela i-stoma kulo mmandla ukuze baqokelele iimveliso ezinikelweyo zokhathalelo lwe-stoma ezibuyiselwe zizigulana kulo mmandla ezingenakusasazwa kwakhona e-UK.
Lo mnikelo uza kutshintsha iinkonzo zokhathalelo lwe-stoma kwizigulane eTanzania, uncede ekupheliseni ukungalingani kwezempilo kwaye unciphise umthwalo wemali kwabo basokola ukuhlawulela unyango.
Njengoko uClaire Winter, iNtloko yoZinzo kwiNorthumbria Healthcare, echaza, le projekthi ikwanceda okusingqongileyo: “Le projekthi yestoma iphucule kakhulu ukhathalelo lwezigulane kunye nomgangatho wobomi eTanzania ngokwandisa ukusetyenziswa kwakhona kwezixhobo zonyango ezixabisekileyo kunye nokunciphisa ukulahlwa kwenkunkuma. Ikwahlangabezana nomgomo weNorthumbria onqwenela ukufezekisa ukukhutshwa kwenkunkuma ngo-2040.”
Ixesha leposi: Sep-11-2025