E-India, ezokuvakasha kwezokwelapha ziwumkhakha wokuphuma kwelanga obiza ngaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-310 zamaRandi. Njengamanje, i-India ithola iziguli zakwamanye amazwe ezingaphezu kuka-100,000 ngonyaka. I-Confederation of Indian Industry ilindele ukuthi lo mkhakha ukhule ufinyelele ku-$2 billion ngo-2012. Kodwa ingabe isakhi sofuzo se-NDM-1 singadala ukuthi imboni ekhulayo igule futhi ife? Odokotela kanye nalabo abaphethe izibhedlela ezizimele eziphambili zaseNdiya bathi lo mkhakha unamandla kunalokho. "Sikukhombisile ukusebenza kahle emtholampilo," kusho uDkt Anupam Sibal, umqondisi weqembu lezokwelapha we-Apollo Hospitals Group. "Izibhedlela zethu zinezimiso ezinhle kakhulu zokulawula ukutheleleka futhi izinga lokutheleleka liqhathaniswa neNational Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) yeCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), inhlangano yezempilo yomphakathi yase-US."
Angase abe neqiniso. UHina Khan, 33, uvela eVancouver waya eMax Healthcare eDelhi ukuyolungisa inkinga yokuphefumula. Uthi isiphazamisi akuyona inkinga futhi “I-India inazo zonke izinhlobo zezimbungulu. Lesi ngesinye nje sazo. Ngizobuya futhi uma kudingeka”.
Abanye abafana noJenan oneminyaka engu-15 wase-Iraq, osesibhedlela i-Artemis ukuze ahlinzwe isimila ebuchosheni, abakayazi le nkinga enkulu okwamanje. Kodwa akusho lutho emndenini kaJenan. Uyise u-Haithan uthi, “I-Iraq inezibhedlela nodokotela, kodwa ayinazo izinto ezisezingeni eliphezulu. Impilo ihamba phambili kithi futhi i-India iyindawo enhle lapho siya khona. ”
Eqinisweni, i-NDM-1 kuzodingeka yesabise kakhulu ngaphambi kokuba inselele indawo enkulu yokuthengisa yaseNdiya—ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha okunezindleko eziphansi. UDkt Pradeep Chowbey, ongomunye wodokotela abahlinzayo abahamba phambili e-India, uveza ukuthi ikhono lakhe elikhethekile “libiza phakathi kuka-$500-800 lapha kuyilapho e-US lifika ku-$25,000-30,000.” Ukufakelwa kwesibindi kubiza cishe u-$1.5 lakh eYurophu kodwa u-$45,000 nje lapha futhi ukuhlinzwa kwenhliziyo kungaba u-$45,000 e-US kanye no-$4,500 nje lapha. "Bazozitholaphi ezinye izibhedlela, odokotela nezinsiza ezihamba phambili, kanye nethuba lokubona iTaj Mahal ngezindleko eziphansi kangaka?" uyabuza.
UChowbey ungomunye wabaningi abakholelwa kumqondo wethiyori wozungu we-NDM-1. “Ngokwemvelo, intshonalanga ikhathazekile. Lokhu kubonakala ngolimi lomzimba olunonya lodokotela lapho.” UDkt Devi Prasad Shetty wase-Narayana Hrudayalaya, e-Bangalore ubelokhu ememeza kakhulu ngezingxabano. “Lonke ucwaningo lwenziwe ngoxhaso lwezinkampani ezenza ama-antibiotics e-superbug. Baye bathola ukumenyezelwa kwamahhala okubanzi kakhulu kwama-antibiotic abo. Okwesibili, amazwe amaningi asentshonalanga aweneme ngokuvakasha kwethu kwezokwelashwa yingakho eqambe amagciwane ngedolobha laseNdiya,” usho kanje. UShetty uphethe ngokubuza ukuthi kungani i-HIV, eyahlonzwa e-US, ingaqanjwa ngegama ledolobha laseMelika.
Mhlawumbe abaqambi bozungu banephuzu. Mhlawumbe izinombolo ziyayixoxa indaba yokukhula kanti intshonalanga ilungile ukuthi ikhathazeke. Eminyakeni emibili edlule, isibhedlela i-Apollo saseDelhi sanakekela iziguli zakwamanye amazwe ezingaphezu kuka-10,600; I-Max Healthcare iphathe abantu bezinye izizwe be-9,000, iningi labo livela emazweni e-SAARC, eNtshonalanga Asia, e-Afrika, e-US, e-UK naseYurophu.
