EPORT HARCOURT, Nigeria – UNgqongqoshe Wezempilo ePort Harcourt, eNigeria, usebike izigameko ezintathu eziqinisekisiwe ze-Ebola virus ePort Harcourt, okuyisizinda sikawoyela kuleliya lizwe. Amacala engeziwe asolwayo ayaphenywa.
Isendlalelo secala lenkomba lasePort Harcourt
Igciwane le-Ebola langeniswa eNigeria ngomhambi wezindiza onegciwane, owangena eLagos ngomhlaka-20 Julayi futhi washona ezinsukwini ezi-5 kamuva. Omunye osondelene necala laseLagos wabaleka edolobheni, lapho ayevalelwe khona, eyofuna ukwelashwa ePort Harcourt.
Ukuxhumana okusondelene kwalashwa, kusukela ngomhlaka-1 kuya ku-3 Agasti, ehhotela elisePort Harcourt, ngalokho obekuzoba yinkomba yedolobha. Leli cala lalingudokotela wesilisa owaba nezimpawu zobuthakathaka nomkhuhlane ngo-11 Agasti futhi wafa nge-Ebola ngo-22 Agasti. Ukutheleleka kwakhe kwaqinisekiswa ngo-Agasti 27 yilabhorethri ye-virology eLagos University Teaching Hospital.
Ngakho-ke udokotela wesilisa e-Port Harcourt uxhunywe ngokungaqondile esimweni sokuqala saseNigeria.
Umlando wecala wecala lenkomba e-Port Harcourt ubalulekile, njengoba uveza amathuba amaningi engcuphe ephezulu okudluliselwa kwegciwane kwabanye.
Ngemva kokuqala kwezimpawu, ngo-11 Agasti, kuze kube yi-13 Agasti, udokotela waqhubeka nokwelapha iziguli emtholampilo wakhe wangasese, futhi wahlinza okungenani ezimbili. Ngo-13 Agasti, izimpawu zakhe zaba zimbi kakhulu; wahlala ekhaya walaliswa esibhedlela ngomhlaka-16 Agasti.
Ngaphambi kokuba alaliswe esibhedlela udokotela ubexhumana kaningi nomphakathi njengoba izihlobo nabangani bebevakashele kwakhe bezobungaza ukuzalwa kwengane.
Esengeniswe esibhedlela, waphinde waxhumana nomphakathi kaningi, njengoba amalungu ebandla lakhe evakashele ukuyokwenza isiko lokuphulukisa okuthiwa lihlanganisa ukubekwa izandla. Phakathi nenkathi yakhe yezinsuku eziyisi-6 yokulala esibhedlela, wayehanjelwe iningi labasebenzi bezempilo bakulesi sibhedlela.
Ngo-21 Agasti, wayiswa emtholampilo we-ultrasound, lapho odokotela be-2 benza khona ukuskena kwesisu. Washona ngakusasa.
Amacala amabili engeziwe aqinisekisiwe umkakhe, naye ongudokotela, kanye nesiguli esibhedlela esifanayo lapho elashwa khona. Abasebenzi abengeziwe esibhedlela bayahlolwa.
Uma kubhekwa la mathuba amaningi okuba sengozini enkulu, ukuqubuka kwesifo segciwane le-Ebola e-Port Harcourt kunamandla okukhula futhi kusakazeke ngokushesha kunase-Lagos.
Impendulo
Abasebenzi bezempilo baseNigeria kanye nongoti bezifo eziwubhubhane be-WHO baqaphe abantu abangaphezu kuka-200 abathintwayo. Kulaba, cishe abangama-60 bathathwa njengababenengozi enkulu noma ababesengozini enkulu kakhulu.
Ukuchayeka okuyingozi kakhulu kwenzeke kumalungu omndeni nakubasebenzi bezempilo kanye neziguli esikhungweni lapho icala lenkomba elaliswe khona esibhedlela. Amalungu esonto avakashela i-index case ngenkathi elele esibhedlela nawo abhekwa njengengozi enkulu.
Uhulumeni, osekelwa yi-WHO, i-UNICEF, kanye ne-MSF (Odokotela Abangenayo Imingcele), wethule inqwaba yezinyathelo eziphuthumayo. Okunye kuzokwethulwa ngasekupheleni kwaleli sonto.
Isikhungo Sezimo Eziphuthumayo Se-Ebola senziwe sasebenza, ngokusekelwa yi-US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Ilabhorethri ehambayo, enamandla okuxilonga i-RT-PCR, iyamiswa futhi iyasebenza.
Indawo yokuhlala yodwa enemibhede engama-26 yokuphatha amacala e-Ebola isikhona, nezinhlelo zokunwetshwa okungenzeka. I-WHO inochwepheshe bezobuchwepheshe abayi-15 phansi.
Amaqembu angamashumi amabili nanye okulandelela othintana naye asemsebenzini; banokuqeqeshwa okuhle, okuhlinzekwa yi-WHO, kanye nezinto zokuhamba ezanele, ngenxa yokusekelwa uhulumeni. Amaqembu amabili okuqeda ukungcola ahlomile futhi ayasebenza, njengeqembu labangcwabi.
IPort Harcourt inhloko-dolobha yeRivers State. I-WHO, kanye ne-Rivers State Port Health Service, ihlole izindlela zezempilo zomphakathi emasangweni esikhumulo sezindiza nakwezinye izindawo zokungena. Ukuhlolwa kuyaqhubeka emasangweni esikhumulo sezindiza sasekhaya nakwamanye amazwe.
Imizamo yokugqugquzela umphakathi iqinisiwe, ekuqaleni ibhekiswe emphakathini obalulekile nabaholi bezenkolo.
Kodwa-ke, iziyaluyalu zomphakathi, izinkinga zokuphepha, kanye nokwesaba komphakathi nge-Ebola kudala izinkinga ezinkulu ezingaphazamisa ukusebenza kokuphendula. Kudingeka abaphelezeli bezempi ukuze bahambe baye esikhungweni sokwahlukaniswa nokwelashwa.
