Isilinganiso sokungamatshumi ayisithupha ekhulwini-60 percent, sezisebenzi eziqakathekileyo, amaessential workers, zakoBulawayo, zibikwa sezihlatshiwe ijekiseni evikela ukuthelelwa umkhuhlane, eyeCovid 19 Sinopharm Vaccine.
Lokhu kuphume emkhosini wokwamukela isipho semibheda engamatshumi amane-40 esiphiwe isibhedlela se Thorngrove Isolation Ward esivele kwabenhlanganiso eyeOpen Sosiety Institute of Southern Africa -iOSISA.
Ekhuluma ngemva kokwamukela isipho semibheda leyinye impahla evele kwabenhlanganiso eyeOSISA, uMqondisi wezempilakahle kumaninsipala wakoBulawayo, uDokotela Edwin Sibanda uchasise kabanzi ngohlelo lokuhlatshwa kwabantu ijekiseni leCovid 19, Sinopharm Vaccine edolobheni leli.
"Okwakhathesi esilinganisweni sekhulu sesilanda amatshumi ayisithupa, abaseleyo lokhe sibahlaba eMpilo, Pricess Magret, emakhandeni lemaqhawe kusiya ngokuthi bangaki ababuyayo sizalazisa iviki isiyaphela ukuba siluvala nini uhlelo."
UDokotela Sibanda uqhubeke ethi okunengi sokulungisisiwe osokusele kulutshwana.
"Isolation Ward yeThorngrove ibilungiswa iguqulwa ukuze igcine izigulane zeCovid-19 okunengi sekulungisiswe sekusele okumbalwa. Isibhedlela lesi sakhiwa ngo1941 lapho esiphekela khona lalapho esiwatshela khona sekudinga ukuthi kulungisiswe ukuze sisebenzzise imitshina yakulezi insuku."
UMphathintambo wedolobho lakoBulawayo uNkosikazi Judith Ncube ubonge isipho semibheda Kanye lokulungisiswa kakutsha kweIsolation Ward yesibhedlela seThorngroove.
"Besilapha eThorngrove Hospital sisamukela izipho ezehlukeneyo ezivela eOSISA imibheda iprotective clothing for izisebenzi lesibhedlela Siyabonga isipho lesi. Simamaprtners amanengi asinceidsayo njalo lokulungisiswa kwalesisibhedlela banengi ngoba okuqondana loBulawayo akulankwali ephandela eyinye sekubukeka lapha."
UMayor wakoBulawayo uKhansila Solomon Mnguni laye ubonge kakhulu abeOSISA ethi lokhe besamukela izipho ngoba iCovid-19 lokhe ihlasele lobanje umumo usunganeno kulezi nsuku.
"Isibhedlela lesi silungisiswa kakutsha imibheda yeICU ibisisle, iNhlanganiso yeOSISA isisincede ngemibheda engamatshumi amane elitshumi yakhona ngeyeICU izancedisa kakhulu labo abagula kakhulu siyasibonga kakhulu isipho seOSISA."
Ekhuluma enkundleni yokukhulumisana yakulezi nsuku eyebulenjini, eyeZoom enikeza isipho sabo, uMqondisi weOSISA, uMnu Siphosami Malunga uthe njengenhlanganiso elwela amalungelo oluntu baqale bapha isibhedlela seMutare Isolation Hospital nyakenye. Lonyaka bacabangake ukupha uBulawayo isipho sempahla ebiza amadola eMelika adlula inkulungwane ezingamatshumi ayithoba minwe mibili - US$81,907.
Isipho sabeOSISA, sigoqela imibheda engamatshumi amane ezafakwa kuhlangothi lwabagula kakhulu olweIntensive Care Unit, amakhabothi angamatshumi amathathu, amatafula amahlanu abongi, amatafula angamatshumi amathathu ezigulane, ingqola ezinhlanu zesibhedlela, amalatex gloves angamakhulu amahlanu kunye lamadisposable gowns azinkulungwane ezimbili.
UBulawayo uthole amajekiseni eSinopharm Vaccine edlula inkulungwane ezilitshumi lantathu-13 200, sekusebenze angamatshumi ayisithupha ekhulwini njalo uBulawayo lokhe ekuhlelo lokuhlaba zonke izisebenzi eziqakathekileyo ezisebenza ngesikhathi seCovid-19 Lockdown.
