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UVirginia Zondi, oneminyaka engu-75, ovela e-Orange Farm, walinda iminyaka emithathu ukuthi ahlinzwe idolo, wabe esenqaba ukuhlinzwa ngesikhathi ekugcineni ebizwa.
Izibhedlela zikahulumeni zaseGauteng seziqedele ukuhlinzwa kwabantu abangu-687 kwabangu-1,326 okwakuhleliwe kule nyanga, njengengxenye yomkhankaso i-Mandela Month Surgical Marathon.
UVirginia Zondi walinda iminyaka emithathu ukuthi ahlinzwe idolo.
Ngesikhathi isibhedlela ekugcineni simbizela ukuzohlinzwa, wenqaba.
UZondi, oneminyaka engu-75, ovela e-Orange Farm, watshelwa yi-Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital ngo-2019 ukuthi idolo lakhe lidinga ukuhlinzwa.
Isibhedlela sasigcwele, ngakho wathunyelwa e-Johannesburg General Hospital, manje eyaziwa ngokuthi i-Charlotte Maxeke Hospital.
Walinda cishe iminyaka emithathu ngaphambi kokuba abizelwe ukuhlinzwa ngo-2022.
“Ngangingenabuhlungu futhi ngangingakwazi ukuhamba,” kusho uZondi. Wayesebenzisa induku yokuhamba ngesikhathi sokulinda futhi ethola imininingwane evela esibhedlela ngesikhathi elindile.
Ngesikhathi ithuba lakhe lifika, uZondi wenqaba ukuhlinzwa.
“Ngase ngilinde isikhathi eside kakhulu. Ngazizwa sengikhulile kakhulu futhi nginengane ehlala nami. Bekungekho muntu ozongisiza ngemuva kokuhlinzwa,” kusho yena.
UZondi ukholelwa ukuthi izibhedlela zikahulumeni zidinga odokotela abengeziwe eminyangweni yokuhlinza ukuze iziguli zingalindi iminyaka eminingi ukuze zihlinzwe.
“Uma abantu begula abakwazi ukuqhubeka bephila nobuhlungu ngenkathi belinde ukuhlinzwa,” kusho yena.
Izibhedlela zikahulumeni zaseGauteng manje zisebenza ukunciphisa inqwaba yokuhlinzwa okwakusalile. Njengengxenye yomkhankaso i-Mandela Month Surgical Marathon, izibhedlela zaseziqedele ukuhlinzwa kanye nezinqubo zokwelapha ezingu-687 ngomhlaka-21 kuNtulikazi okungamaphesenti angu-52 enani elihleliwe elingu-1,326 okumele liqedwe ngomhlaka-31 kuNtulikazi. Ukuhlinzwa kwamehlo yikho okwenziwe kakhulu kuze kube manje, okuyizinqubo ezingu-273. Kulandela ukuhlinzwa okuhlobene nokubeletha kanye nezifo zabesifazane (obstetrics and gynaecology) bangu-88, kanye nokuhlinzwa okujwayelekile kwabantu abangu-73.
Isibhedlela i-Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital yisona esenze inani elikhulu lezinqubo sekuhlinzwe abangu-156.
Isibhedlela i-Kalafong Provincial Tertiary Hospital sesihlinze abangu-80, i-Dr George Mukhari Academic Hospital isihlinze abangu-79, i-Steve Biko Academic Hospital isihlinze abangu-58, kanti i-Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital yona yenze abangu-56.
Lo mnyango uthe lo mkhankaso uhlose ukunciphisa uhlu lweziguli ezilinde ukuhlinzwa nokwenza ukuthi iziguli zithole ukunakekelwa ngochwepheshe ngokushesha okwengeziwe. Umkhankaso wangonyaka odlule waqeda ukuhlinza abangu-806.
Esithombeni esingenhla: Isango lokungena esibhedlela i-Gauteng’s Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital.
Umthombo wesithombe: Sithunyelwe.