IMédecins Sans Frontières (MSF) ivule uhlelo lokuhlinza izingane eBardnesville Junction Hospital (BJH) emaphethelweni enhlokodolobha yaseLiberia iMonrovia ngomhlaka 11 Januwari, ngenhloso yokwenza ukunakekelwa kokuhlinza kutholakale kakhulu ezinganeni ezweni.

I-MSF isungule i-BJH njengesibhedlela sezingane e-2015, njengoba ubhadane lwe-Ebola eNtshonalanga Afrika lwenze kwaba nzima kakhulu emphakathini wezokwelapha waseLiberia ukuhlangabezana nezidingo zezempilo. Lesi sikhungo manje sandisa izinsizakalo zaso zezokwelapha ukufaka nokuhlinzwa okuphuthumayo nokungaphuthumayo kwezingane.

I-BJH isivele isebenza njengendawo yokuqeqesha abahlengikazi baseLiberia, futhi uhlelo lokuhlinzekwa luhloselwe ukuhlinzeka amathuba okuqeqesha abahlali baseLiberia nabahlengikazi abahlengikazi.

"Izidingo zokuhlinzwa kwezingane lapha ziningi, futhi uhlelo belumatasa kakhulu emasontweni ambalwa okuqala," kusho uDkt John Lawrence, udokotela ohlinza izingane we-MSF e-BJH kanye nomongameli we ibhodi ye-MSF e-USA.

"Ngenxa yokuthi akuzange kube khona indawo eneqembu elihlinzayo labazali lapha, kunezimo ezihlukahlukene ezidinga ukwelashwa kwezingane."

Ezinye zezokwelapha zokuqala ezenziwa eBJH zihlanganisa ukulungiswa kwe-hernia, i-laparotomy (ukuhlinzwa kwesisu) kwengane enezimpawu zamathumbu ezibizwa ngokuthi i-intussusception, nokukhishwa kwe-abscess yesibindi kumfana oneminyaka emithathu ubudala.

Odokotela bamazinyo bezingane ngokuvamile banolwazi lokusebenza ezinganeni ezinenkinga yokuzalwa noma izifo ezinganeni ezingajwayelekile, uDkt Lawrence uthe. I-anesthesia yezingane isidinga ukuqeqesha okukhethekile nokuqeqeshwa.

"Ngiyathokoza kakhulu ukuba ngudokotela ohlinzayo wezingane kulo mongo, ngeqembu elizinikezele kakhulu labasebenzi basebhedlela baseLiberia nakwezinye izindawo," kusho uDkt. Lawrence. "Sihlose ukuqhubeka nokwandisa izinga lemisebenzi yethu yokuhlinzwa ezinyangeni nasezinsukwini ezizayo."