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Inyanga Yosokhemisi BaseMelika

Iqiniso le-trivia elijabulisayo: U-Okthoba yiNyanga Yosokhemisi baseMelika, futhi angikwazanga ukujabula kakhulu ukubhala ngomsebenzi engiziqhenya ngawo.

Uma ucabanga ngosokhemisi, abantu abaningi bafanekisela ijazi elimhlophe elivamile, babala amaphilisi ngamahlanu, kuyilapho bengaziba amafoni akhalisayo kanye nezaziso ze-drive-thru. Cishe abantu abaningi baye babhekana nokukhungatheka kokutshelwa usokhemisi (noma abasebenzi basekhemisi) ukuthi incwadi kadokotela izobe isilungile ngemva kwehora noma amabili: “Kungani ingeke ilunge emizuzwini eyi-10 kuya kweyi-15?” uzicabangela wena. “Akuwona yini amaconsi amehlo asevele etholakala eshalofini, adinga ilebula nje?”

Ngize lapha ukuzochitha insumansumane yokuthi osokhemisi abakho ngaphezu kwezindawo zokubala zamaphilisi ezikhazimulayo, ukuthi amaconsi kadokotela awadingi lutho ngaphandle kwelebula elishaywayo ngaphambi kokuba likhishwe, nokuthi bonke osokhemisi bagqoka amajazi amhlophe.

Osokhemisi bangomunye wemisebenzi yokunakekelwa kwezempilo esezingeni eliphansi kakhulu, nokho ibalwa ngokungaguquki njengefinyeleleka kakhulu. Atholakala cishe kuwo wonke amakhona emigwaqo edolobheni, futhi ngisho nasezindaweni zasemaphandleni, ngokuvamile awabi ngaphezu kwemizuzu engu-20 noma engu-30 uma uhamba ngemoto. Osokhemisi baneziqu zobudokotela (ukuqagele) ekhemisi, okusho ukuthi bathola ukuqeqeshwa okwengeziwe ngemithi yangempela kunodokotela bezokwelapha.

Ngaphezu kosokhemisi ovamile womphakathi, osokhemisi bayabandakanyeka esimweni sasesibhedlela, lapho bangatholakala khona besiza ngokushintsha kokunakekelwa njengoba iziguli zingeniswa futhi zidedelwa, ukuxuba izixazululo ze-IV, nokubuyekeza uhlu lwemithi ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi imithi efanele ivuliwe. ibhodi ngemithamo efanele futhi inikezwe ngezikhathi ezifanele.

Osokhemisi bayabandakanyeka esimeni socwaningo, benza imithi emisha kanye nemithi yokugoma.

Usokhemisi “osebenza emtapweni wolwazi” angatholakala kuyo yonke inkampani eyodwa eyenza imithi, egxile ekucwaningeni nasekutholeni izimpendulo zemibuzo engaqondakali kakhulu evela kwabanye ochwepheshe bezempilo neziguli.

Osokhemisi baqoqa futhi babhale imibiko yezenzakalo ezingezinhle ehlanganiswa futhi ihanjiswe kwabeFood and Drug Administration (FDA), baqinisekise ukuthi odokotela bazi kabanzi ngangokunokwenzeka mayelana nokuthi yini okufanele bayilindele emithini.

Abanye osokhemisi banganikeza imithi ethile, okuhlanganisa izivimbela-nzalo ezithathwa ngomlomo kanye nemithi ye-COVID-19 efana ne-Paxlovid; umshwana wokuzihlangula - lokhu kuyehluka ngokwezifunda kanye nama-nuances alapho usokhemisi asebenza khona, kodwa silwela ukwandisa amalungelo ethu okunquma!

Usokhemisi womphakathi, ngaphezu kokuba umsizi ekubaleni ngabahlanu, ubuyekeza iphrofayili yesiguli nganoma yikuphi ukusebenzelana kwezidakamizwa okungase kube khona, uxazulule izinkinga zomshwalense, futhi aqinisekise ukuthi awekho amaphutha emithi lapho kubhalwa incwadi kadokotela. Bangakutshela mayelana nemithi efanayo (futhi cishe enezindleko eziphansi) ongayikhuluma nodokotela wakho uma i-copay yakho iphezulu kakhulu. Bangaphinde batuse ukwelashwa okufanele kuma-counter-counter namavithamini, futhi baqinisekise ukuthi akukho okuzosebenzisana nemiyalelo yakho.

Osokhemisi baze basebenzele izinhlelo zezempilo, njenge-Colorado Access, lapho sibukeza khona imithi ngokusebenza ngempumelelo kwezindleko, setha i-formulary (uhlu lwalokho imithi ehlanganiswa nohlelo), ukusiza ukubuyekezwa kwezicelo zokugunyazwa kwezokwelapha, futhi ingaphendula imibuzo ehlobene nemithi phuma emalungwini ethu. Ungangabazi ukufinyelela uma unombuzo womtholampilo noma wemithi!

Ngenyanga Yosokhemisi BaseMelika, ngikumema ukuthi ubuke umhlaba kancane kancane futhi ucabangele zonke izindlela usokhemisi akusize ngazo - kusukela emuthini owudla nsuku zonke, kuye ekugomeni i-COVID-19 okusize ukuqeda ubhubhane, esisetshenziswa samahhala semithi okuwucingo nje kude ekhemisi langakini!