Amakuru
Scranton kavukire ikorera abaturage mukuzuza umwobo - hamwe nu cyuho mubakozi b'amenyo
Dr. Caitlin McCarthy ukomoka mu gace ka Scranton, yafashije gushinga ivuriro ry’amenyo mu kigo cya Wright Centre for Community Health Scranton Practice mu gace ko mu majyepfo y’umujyi. Kugeza ubu avura abarwayi aho kandi agafasha guhugura no gutoza abavuzi b'amenyo biyandikishije muri gahunda yo gutura umwaka umwe.
Muganga McCarthy ahugura abavuzi bashya b'amenyo kugirango batange ubuvuzi ahantu hadakwiye nk'umujyi akunda-abakozi bakorera
Kugira ngo abe umuganga w'amenyo, Dr. Caitlin McCarthy yanze kuva mu muryango we ndetse no mu gace kavukire ka Pennsylvania y'Amajyaruguru, amara imyaka ine mu ishuri ry'amenyo muri Philadelphia n'umwaka umwe mu mahugurwa yo gutura mu kibaya cya Lehigh.
Umutima we, wagumye muri Scranton.
Today the West Scranton High School alumna – who says she had been “inching back” to her hometown through a succession of early-career jobs – is finally in the place she wants to be, working for a Scranton-based nonprofit organization whose mission matches her personal philosophy of putting patients first.
McCarthy, ufite imyaka 33, yagize ati “ubutumwa bufite aho buhurira n'indangagaciro zanjye z'ingenzi. - turashobora gutuma ibintu bibaho kubantu. Ntabwo ari ibyerekeye uwo murongo wo hasi. ”
McCarthy joined The Wright Center in October 2019, jumping at the chance to help launch a dental clinic at its startup Scranton Practice in the city’s South Side neighborhood. Today, the busy dental clinic serves a patient population that appeals to McCarthy’s blue-collar sensibilities, including Medicaid users and individuals from traditionally underserved populations who often face challenges in getting routine oral care.
Abarwayi b'amenyo bagera kuri 120 baboneka buri cyumweru muri Scranton Practice. Nkuko bigenda ku biro byinshi by’amenyo, gutegereza gahunda yambere birashobora kuba ibyumweru - ibintu bibabaje byatewe no kubura amenyo muri Pennsylvania y'Amajyaruguru.
Lackawanna, Luzerne, and Susquehanna counties are designated by the federal government as Health Professional Shortage Areas for dental care, specifically when it comes to care for the low-income population. Public health officials and others have long recognized the barriers that low-income individuals often face in accessing oral care in the Keystone State, noting that in 2015 less than one-quarter of the state’s general dentists were accepting Medicaid as payment.
Ishami rya Leta ry’ubuzima ryita ku buzima bw’ubuzima bwa Pennsylvania “2020-2030 ” rigira riti: “Ku bantu bo mu cyaro, ntibisanzwe ko abantu… bategereza amezi kugira ngo babone umuganga w'amenyo.”
McCarthy arashobora guhamya uburyo ibintu byababaje abarwayi basigaye bafite aho bahurira. Agira ati: “Nagize abarwayi benshi baza mu myaka mike ishize kuko umuganga wabo w'amenyo yaretse gufata ubwishingizi bwabo.” Ati: "Nanjye ninjiye mu barwayi benshi kubera ko ibiro byabo by'amenyo byafunze igihe icyorezo cya COVID-19 cyatangiraga."
Mu rwego rwo gufasha gukenera ubuvuzi buhendutse kandi bufite ireme, Ikigo cya Wright gikora amavuriro abiri agezweho y’amenyo y’amenyo, muri Scranton na Jermyn, kandi yiteze ko vuba aha azafungura ivuriro rya gatatu mu bikorwa byateganijwe na Wilkes-Barre kuri 169. N. Pennsylvania Ave.
The Wright Center also has expanded its oral care services beyond basic cleanings and fillings and significantly increased its workforce in recent years, hiring skilled and compassionate dentists like McCarthy as well as hygienists, assistants, and support staff. Together, these professionals strive to offer a level of care far above what is known derisively in the dental field as “drill and bill.”
Abagize itsinda rya Wright Centre ahubwo bakoresha uburyo bushingiye ku barwayi. Bazabaza ibyifuzo byumuntu kugiti cye mugihe, urugero, aho amahitamo agomba gukurura iryinyo ryangiritse cyangwa kuririnda. Kandi bazavugana numurwayi kubyerekeye amafaranga yo kwivuza hamwe nuburyo bwo kwishyura.
Under Pennsylvania’s current system, Medicaid typically doesn’t cover crowns, root canals, and other advanced procedures. The dental team will help the patient to explore other avenues of making the services affordable, including the organization’s sliding-fee discount program that is based on family size and income.
McCarthy yishimira kuba ashobora gukorera abaturage bose, kandi ashima kutumva igitutu kiboneka mubikorwa bimwe na bimwe byigenga kugirango binjize amafaranga. Agira ati: "Ndatekereza ko ushobora kubona impamvu yo gushyira ikamba ku menyo yose." Ati: "Ariko nzi ko abantu bakora cyane kubera amafaranga yabo, kandi ntabwo ngiye kubarenga."
'Kurengera Scranton'
Indangagaciro za McCarthy n'imyitwarire y'akazi ahanini byashizweho n'ababyeyi be, bombi bakaba bari abanyamuryango.
Her father is a retired electrician. Her mother is a retired public school teacher, from whom she picked up a love of learning and possibly her affinity for Greater Scranton. McCarthy fondly recalls how her mother made the most of summer breaks from school, shuttling her, her sister, and brother to educational sites around town such as the coal mine tour, trolley ride and museum.
Dr. Caitlin McCarthy w'imyaka 33 wahawe impamyabumenyi mu ishuri ryisumbuye rya West Scranton, yishimiye kuba akorera abarwayi bo mu mujyi yavukiyemo w'ubururu no mu bice byegeranye byo mu majyaruguru y'uburasirazuba bwa Pennsylvania.
Umusomyi ukunda cyane, McCarthy yabaye indashyikirwa mu ishuri kuva akiri muto, ariko ntabwo yahise atekereza umwuga w'ubuvuzi.
Intego nyamukuru ye: Witondere mubuzima busa nibyo nyina na papa bari barubatse ubwabo hamwe nabana babo mumujyi wa mashanyarazi. Agira ati: “Ndibuka ko namenye mu mashuri yisumbuye ko iyo nza kugira ubuzima ababyeyi banjye bagize, nari kwishima rwose.”
Amaherezo McCarthy yakwegereye amenyo. Inzira ye yatewe nubunararibonye bwe akiri umwana. Yari afite amenyo menshi y’abana bato kandi amenyo make akuze yakuwe mu muryango we wita ku barwayi bo mu kanwa, umuganga w’amenyo yubashye ndetse no mu gihe cyo gusura ibiro hakiri kare kugira ngo akurwe. Agira ati: “Umuganga wanjye w'amenyo yashoboye gutuma buri ruzinduko ruba uburambe.” “Amaherezo, burigihe bikomeretsa kuba, 'Reba ibyo wakoze!'
Nkumunyeshuri wigaga muri kaminuza ya Scranton, McCarthy yishimye muri kaminuza. Yahoraga akora urutonde rwumuyobozi, yinjizwa mumiryango itanu yubahwa kandi ahitamo urugendo mpuzamahanga muri Guyana. Yarangije mu mwaka wa 2011 afite impamyabumenyi ebyiri mu binyabuzima no mu binyabuzima, mu gihe kandi yujuje ibisabwa ku bana bato muri biohimiya n'icyongereza.
Umunyamakuru w'ikinyamakuru Scranton yabajije McCarthy muri kiriya gihe. Ingingo yavuyemo yerekanaga ko yatoranijwe n’umuryango w’amenyo w’akarere ka Scranton kubera igihembo cyayo cya Dr. Bernard Shair Memorial Scholarship Award, gitangwa buri mwaka ku muntu wifuza kuvura amenyo ufite amateka y’imirimo ya serivisi.
Muri iyo ngingo, McCarthy yavuze ko yifuza “kuba umuganga w'amenyo na we ugira uruhare mu baturage.” Yagaragaje kandi bimwe mu byo akunda - kureba imikino ya NBA no gufatana - maze abajijwe ibyo yanga, asubiza ko adashimira abantu “bavuga imyanda” mu karere. Ati: "Ndengera cyane Scranton."
Kuzana murugo
Not surprisingly, McCarthy considered attending only those dental schools near her hometown, so she could easily get home on weekends to be with family, friends, and her dog.
Yize muri kaminuza ya Pennsylvania Ishuri ry’Ubuvuzi bw'amenyo, ashukwa igice kimwe nibyo yashoboraga kwiga hejuru y'urukuta rw'ishuri. Agira ati: “Numvaga Penn afite gahunda nyinshi zo kwegera no gukenera abaturage - ibintu byankura ku ntebe y'amenyo no mu baturage.”
McCarthy yabonye impamyabumenyi ye mu mwaka wa 2015, hanyuma arangiza gutura muri rusange mu bitaro bya Muhlenberg by’ubuzima bwa Lehigh Valley mbere yo gutera imbere buhoro buhoro umuryango we ndetse n’umuryango we.
Ubu arubatse kandi atuye mu Ntara ya Luzerne, McCarthy ategerezanyije amatsiko kumenyekanisha umukobwa we bwite, ufite imyaka 1, ahantu hamwe n’imyidagaduro yahuye na byo akura.
Hagati aho, McCarthy abona gufasha guhugura no gutoza ab'igihe kizaza cy'amenyo.
Umuganga w’amenyo rusange, Dr. Caitlin McCarthy wo mu kigo cyitwa Wright Centre for Community Health Scranton Practice yereka umurwayi kumwenyura kwinshi, bivuye mubikorwa byinshi byo gusana. Itsinda ry’amenyo rya Wright Centre ritanga ubuvuzi bufite ireme, buhendutse kubantu bafite gahunda yubwishingizi, harimo Medicaid, ndetse nabadafite ubwishingizi.
Akora nk'umuyobozi wa porogaramu ishinzwe uburezi buhanitse muri Rusange y’amenyo, atangwa mu karere ku bufatanye n’ubuvuzi bw’amenyo ya NYU Langone. Kuva mu 2021, ikigo cya Wright cyabaye nk'amahugurwa y’amajyaruguru y’amajyaruguru ya Pennsylvania y’abatuye amenyo ya NYU, yakira abagera kuri babiri buri mwaka mu mavuriro y’akarere ka Scranton. McCarthy yishimira cyane kureba mugihe abagore benshi binjira mubyari bisanzwe byahoze byiganjemo abagabo.
Kandi mu gihe hari ugushidikanya, yego, niba ikigo cya Wright cyaragize uruhare muri gahunda yo gutura amenyo y’abaturage mu gihe yari arimo kwitoza, McCarthy agira ati: "Birashoboka ko naba narabaye muri Centre ya Wright."
Erega burya, byari kuba bimeze nkurugo.
