Inkampani yase-Atlantic Canadian med-tech, i-Dispension Industries Inc. iletha ubuchwepheshe bayo obusindisa ukuphila emigwaqweni yasePhiladelphia, endaweni lapho ukufa okuhlobene ne-opioid kukhuphuka ngokushesha. Izikhiya zokukhiya ezihlakaniphile ze-Dispension zisetshenziselwa ukunikeza ukufinyelela ku-Narcan, uhlobo lwe-Naloxone, okuwumuthi osindisa ukuphila ohlehlisa ngokushesha imiphumela ye-opioid overdose.
Uhlelo olubizwa nge-'Narcan Near Me', luyingxenye yoMnyango Wezempilo Yomphakathi wase-Philadelphia wokunciphisa ukulimala kanye nohlelo lokuphendula ukudakwa ngokweqile, olusabalalisa amakhithi e-Narcan mahhala kulo lonke idolobha. Ama-smart locker kiosks aqukethe izinto zokuvimbela ukudlula umthamo wedosi ezingaphezu kuka-22, ezingafinyelelwa ngokuthepha isikrini sokuthinta esingaphambili kwedivayisi. Esimeni esiphuthumayo, ikhiyoski ingaxhuma ngqo ku-911.
"Silahlekelwe abantu abaningi basePhiladelphia ngenxa yezinkinga zokusebenzisa izidakamizwa ngokweqile," kusho iMeya yasePhiladelphia uJim Kenney. “Kungakho sizama amacebo amasha namasha ukusiza ukusindisa izimpilo zabantu. I-Narcan Near Me Towers evela ku-Dispension, Inc. iwuhlobo lwayo lwempendulo enesibindi esiyidingayo. Ngalezi Towers, singaqinisekisa ukuthi iNaloxone esindisa impilo itholakala amahora angu-24 ngosuku ezindaweni eziyidingayo.”
Ikhithi ngayinye iqukethe imithamo emibili ye-Narcan, amagilavu, izihlangu zobuso, kanye nensiza ebonakalayo yokuthi ungawusebenzisa kanjani umuthi. Ama-kiosks atholakala ezindaweni ezimbili zomphakathi eNingizimu naseNtshonalanga Philadelphia ngezinhlelo zokunweba lolu hlelo ezindaweni eziyisishiyagalombili ezengeziwe kulo lonke idolobha.
E-Canada, izitolo ze-Dispension zokunciphisa ukulimala zisabalalise izincwadi zikadokotela ezingaphezu kwezi-10,000 ezweni lonke, njengengxenye yohlelo oluxhaswe nguhulumeni lokuvimbela ukusetshenziswa kwezidakamizwa kanye nokunciphisa ubugebengu. Lokhu kubambisana okusha noMnyango Wezempilo Yomphakathi wasePhiladelphia kungokokuqala ngqa e-US. Umsunguli we-Dispension uCorey Yantha uthi kuyalingana futhi ukholelwa ukuthi ubuchwepheshe buzosiza ukusindisa izimpilo eziningi.
"Ubuchwepheshe bethu bakhelwe ukuhlinzeka ngezixazululo eziningi zokunakekelwa kwempilo futhi siphumelele ekuphenduleni le nkinga yokusebenzisa ngokweqile," kusho uYantha. “Siyazi ukuthi ukucwaswa okuhambisana nokunciphisa ukulimala kwesinye isikhathi kuvimbela abantu ukuthi bathole imishanguzo esindisa impilo emakhemisi noma ezinhlelweni zokufinyelela kubantu. Le mishini yenza iNarcan ifinyeleleke ngokushesha ngendlela ephephile nevikelekile, inika labo abayidingayo amandla.”
UMnyango ungaqapha nge-elekthronikhi inani lemishini nsuku zonke, bese uphinda uthenge imithi, njengoba kudingeka. Umgomo uwukuba i-Narcan ifinyeleleke kalula emiphakathini ethinteke enkingeni yokusebenzisa izidakamizwa ngokweqile futhi ikhulise ukufinyelela ezinsizeni ezisindisa ukuphila emindenini yonkana yase-Philadelphia.
