Imibiko emisha ikuqinisekisile ukuthi ingqungquthela enkulu egxile ekubhekaneni nezifo zocansi ivikelekile eNewcastleGateshead okokuqala ngqa.
Lo mcimbi, obizwa ngengqungquthela yaminyaka yonke ye-British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH), kulindeleke ukuthi uhehe izithunywa ezifika ku-500 ezivela e-UK futhi udlulele phambili 'emadolobheni angamawele', lapho uba seSage Gateshead ngoMeyi, 2011. I-BASHH iyinhlangano kazwelonke ehamba phambili yochwepheshe emkhakheni wezempilo yezocansi kanye ne-HIV.
Inxusa leNgqungquthela, uDkt. Nathan Sankar, udokotela onguchwepheshe wezokwelapha ze-genito urinary (GUM) e-Newcastle General Hospital, wacela ngempumelelo ingqungquthela emhlanganweni owawuseLondon ngonyaka odlule ngokumelene nezinye izindawo ezihamba phambili. Inxusa lenkomfa liyisifundiswa sendawo noma uchwepheshe webhizinisi ohole ibhidi lokuletha ingqungquthela enkulu e-NewcastleGateshead.
Isethulo sakhe sebhidi sasekelwa yi-NewcastleGateshead Convention Bureau, okuyithimba lezokuvakasha lezamabhizinisi eliheha izingqungquthela endaweni.
“Ngiyajabula ukusiza ekutholeni ingqungquthela enkulu ngesihloko esibaluleke kangaka. Sengisebenze kulo mkhakha iminyaka ecishe ibe ngu-25 esibhedlela iNewcastle General,” kusho uDkt. Sankar. “Isibhedlela sinedumela elihle ezweni lonke, njengoba sikhiqize incwadi ehamba phambili ngezempilo yocansi.”
“Ukuheha ochwepheshe abangafika kwabangu-500 abavela e-UK, e-US, eCanada, e-Australia naseYurophu, kuwukuthuthuka kwangempela kwesithunzi senkonzo yezempilo yezocansi yaseNewcastleGateshead, kodwa nayo yonke indawo oya kuyo.
"Izixhumanisi zokuhamba ezihamba phambili zeNewcastleGateshead kanye nengcebo yendawo yokuhlala esezingeni eliphezulu, indawo yokudlela, ukuzijabulisa nezinketho zokuthenga lapha, kusize ukwakha isiphakamiso esiqinisekisayo sokuthola le ngqungquthela."
U-Gill Pilkington, umphathi wokuthuthukiswa kwengqungquthela e-NewcastleGateshead Convention Bureau, uthe: “Uhlelo lwethu lwamanxusa eNkomfa lubonakala luyimpumelelo kakhulu ngenxa yothando nobuchwepheshe babacwaningi bethu nezifundiswa ezitshale izikhungo zocwaningo ezisezingeni lomhlaba eNewcastleGateshead.
“Ingqungquthela yalolu hlobo izoba nomthelela omkhulu emnothweni wendawo, ikhiqize imali elinganiselwa ku-£900,000 kumabhizinisi endawo, kodwa futhi izoba nomthelela omkhulu 'wobuhlakani', okukhombisa ukuthi iNewcastleGateshead iyindawo ehamba phambili kwezokwelapha nezisezingeni lomhlaba. ucwaningo lwesayensi.”
