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Ikigo cya Wright cyatanze inkunga eshatu ziva mu mujyi wa Scranton kubera ibikorwa by’ubuzima n’ubuzima bwiza bijyanye n’ibyorezo
Ikigo cya Wright Centre for Health Community giherutse kubona ibihembo bitatu byatanzwe n’umujyi wa Scranton mu rwego rwo gukwirakwiza amafaranga ya leta hagamijwe guteza imbere abaturage gukira icyorezo cya COVID-19.
Scranton yatanze inkunga ingana na miriyoni imwe y’amadorali y’ubuzima bwiza ku bice hafi 20-bidaharanira inyungu. Abayobozi b'Umujyi bibanze kuri iki cyiciro cyo gutanga inkunga ku byiciro bitatu: kwirinda ibiyobyabwenge birenze urugero, ubuzima bw’imyitwarire no gukumira ihohoterwa, n’ubuzima bwiza.
Wright Centre - ishingiye kuri Scranton itanga ubuvuzi bwibanze na serivisi zo gukumira - ikora muri ibyo byiciro uko ari bitatu kandi igahitamo guhabwa inkunga ingana na $ 145,000. Uyu muryango uzashyira umutungo rusange muri gahunda eshatu zikomeje kugirira akamaro abarwayi, abashinzwe ubuzima, n’abaturage benshi.
The first award, to be used for overdose and prevention programs, will enable The Wright Center for Community Health to further engage community partners and patients in the services of its state-designated Opioid Use Disorder Center of Excellence. A portion of the $50,000 grant will provide community training on the topics of substance use disorder, medication-assisted treatment, and stigma surrounding addiction. Among the intended recipients of the educational sessions are law enforcement professionals, first responders, and government officials. This grant also will assist with long-term recovery support services in the region, which aim to reduce fatal overdoses.
Igihembo cya kabiri cy’amadorari ibihumbi 50 kizakoreshwa mu kuzamura ikigo cya Wright Centre for Health Health kiriho cyo guhangana na gahunda nziza. Umurongo w’ubuvuzi bwa Lifestyle Medicine uzinjizwa cyane muri serivisi zita ku buzima bw’ibanze, hagamijwe kwinjiza abarwayi benshi bafite ibyago byinshi muri gahunda zagenewe kubafasha guhindura imyitwarire yabo neza. Intego yibanze izibanda ku kuvura umubyibuho ukabije nkindwara idakira itera diyabete, indwara zifata umutima, imitsi, gusinzira, kanseri, ndetse n’urupfu rutaragera.
The third award, in the amount of $45,000, will underwrite The Wright Center’s participation in a training program conducted by the New York-based Sanctuary Institute to promote employee wellness and create a supportive environment for the benefit of the organization’s workforce, patients, and the broader community. The institute’s training model is seen by many as a needed antidote to the intensified pressure on health care workers and others brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Umuyobozi w'akarere ka Scranton yatangaje ko inkunga yatanzwe neza mu nama yagiranye n'abanyamakuru ku ya 22 Ugushyingo.Amafaranga ni igice cya miliyoni 68.7 z'amadolari Scranton yari yarabonye binyuze mu itegeko ry’Abanyamerika ryita ku nkeragutabara ryo mu 2021 kugira ngo ikibazo cy’icyorezo cy’ubukungu n’ubuzima kibangamire abatuye umujyi.
Dr. Linda Thomas-Hemak
Ibyifuzo byose byasuzumwe n’umujyi, harimo n’umuhuzabikorwa w’ubuzima rusange, Dr. Rachna Saxena, hamwe n’abajyanama bubahiriza amategeko ba Anser Advisory kugira ngo imiryango itabona inyungu ebyiri z’ubumwe bwa Leta, nk'uko amabwiriza yashyizweho na Minisiteri y’imari ya Leta zunze ubumwe za Amerika abiteganya. Gusaba byasubiwemo kandi kugirango umushinga urambye, serivisi kubatuye umujyi, nibindi byinshi.
Perezida Linda Thomas-Hemak, perezida yagize ati: "Gutanga ibitekerezo ku buryo bwitondewe kandi bitanga ku nkunga y'amategeko agenga Inkeragutabara z'Abanyamerika n'Inama Njyanama y'Umujyi wa Scranton bizashyigikira imbaraga zacu zishingiye ku butumwa bwo kuzamura ubuzima n'imibereho myiza y'abarwayi ndetse n'abaturage dukorera twicishije bugufi." n'Umuyobozi mukuru w'ikigo cyitwa Wright Centre for Health Health and Graduate Medical Education.
“Thanks to our local and federal officials,” she said, “these resources will help us to expand and augment our ongoing efforts to address the opioid epidemic and empower recovery, and our resiliency and wellness programming for our governing board, executive management, health care providers, interprofessional learners, and patients.”
Ikigo cyitwa Wright Centre for Health Community gikora ihuriro ryibikorwa byubuvuzi bwibanze mu majyaruguru yuburasirazuba bwa Pennsylvania, bitatu biherereye mu mujyi, bitanga serivisi zihendutse, zidafite ivangura, serivisi nziza zirimo ubuvuzi, amenyo, n’ubuvuzi bw’imyitwarire. Uruganda rudaharanira inyungu kandi rukomeza ihuriro ry’ubuyobozi n’uburezi mu gace ka Scranton gaherereye mu majyepfo ya Side.
Kubindi bisobanuro, sura urubuga rwa TheWrightCenter.org.
