Inhlanganiso ebona ngezempilakahle emhlabeni wonke jikelele eyeWorld Health Organization ithi kulabantwana abafika inkulungwane ezilikhulu – 100,000 abazalwa ngomnyaka belesimo sokutshilana kwenyawo okubizwa ngokuthi yi-clubfoot ngeSilungu.
Uphenyo olwenziwa nguNyaradzai Munambah labanye bakhe eZimbabwe lwaveza ukuba kulabantwana abangamakhulu amane lamatshumi ayisithupha – 460 abazalwa belesimo lesi ngomnyaka elizweni leli. Odokotela bathi isimo lesi siyalungiseka singaphangiselwa kodwa kungehlula umntwana ucina ekhula elenyawo ezitshileneyo. lnengi labazali kuyabathatha isikhathi eside ukuba bananzelele ukuthi bazele umntwana olenyawo ezitshileneyo.
UDokotela Derek Mastika ongu Eurologist uchaza imbangela yeclubfoot.
“Umntwana uyakhona ukuzalwa eleclub foot ngoba inyawo ziyabe zigobele ngaphakathi kudalwa yikuthi imisipha lamathambo ayabe engakhekanga kuhle kuthathela lasemgogodleni … Lapho umntwana imisipha lamathambo esasebuthakathaka uyelapheka ngendlela ezehlukeneyo kusiya ngokulimala kwakhe.”
UDokotela Themba Nyoni owazalwa eleclubfoot uthi uhlinzwe esekhulile njalo usesenelisa ukunyathela kuhle.
“UDokotela oseUK lalapha eZimbabwe bangihlinza bathi ngileclubfoot kodwa sengisenelisa ukuhamba ngigqoke isicathulo ebengingakwenelisi isikhathi eside empilweni yami … Indodakazi yami layo izelwe ileClub foot kodwa sesenelise ukumelaphisa usezihambela kuhle.”
UMnu. Nkululeko Sibanda ohlala koBulawayo uthi ulomzukulu owazalwa eleclubfoot kodwa sewahlinzwa.
“Ngilomzukulu wami owayeleclubfoot, kwananzelelwa ezalwa bahle bamhlinza kusasemasinya uyenelisa ukuhamba kuhle kodwa esakhula kazange avunyelwe ukugijima esikolo besesabela ukuthi engathunukala ngaphakathi.”
Abezempilakahle bathi zinengi indlela zokuqondisa inyawo ezitshileneyo okugoqela ukuhlinzwa kumbe ukugqoka izicathulo ezelapha imisipha.
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