MANILA, Philippines - Iqela loogqirha abaye baba ngabahlobo ukususela kwiintsuku zabo zasenkulisa ziphakathi kwezizathu ezininzi zokuba iiPhilippines zime ithuba elihle lokuba yindawo enkulu yabakhenkethi bezonyango.
Abakhenkethi bezonyango ngabo baya kwamanye amazwe ukuze kwenziwe inkqubo yonyango ngenxa yexabiso eliphantsi.
I-American Eye Centre yafakwa kwi-1995 ngoogqirha bamehlo uJack Arroyo, uVictor Jose Caparas, uCesar Ramon Espritu noBenjamin Cabrera. Bonke abane abakhethekileyo kwi-ophthalmology kwaye baya kuqeqesho oluqhubekayo apha nakwamanye amazwe kwii-subspecialties zabo ze-ophthalmologic - Arroyo e-Keratorefractive surgery; I-Cabrera kumbono ophantsi kunye nokuvuselelwa kombono, izifo zangaphandle kunye ne-cataract; I-Caparas kwi-cornea kunye nokuhlinzwa kwecandelo langaphambili kunye ne-cataract; kunye ne-Espiritu kwi-cornea, isifo sangaphandle kunye ne-uveitis.
Exhobe ngobuchwephesha bakhe, abane baya kuqheliselo lweqela kwaye ngo-1988 baseka i-Associated Eye Specialists, ngoku elawula iZiko laMahlo laseMelika.
Kwiminyaka yayo yokuqala, izigulana zeli ziko ingabahlali basekhaya kodwa kungekudala balikbayans kunye nabaphambukeli, ikakhulu abavela eGuam, kwaye amalungu ozakuzo kulo mmandla aqala ukungena.
Ukuza okukhulu kubakhenkethi bezonyango yindleko ephantsi yeenkqubo ezahlukeneyo zonyango kwilizwe. Utyando lwaseLasik apha, umzekelo, lubiza kuphela malunga nesithathu sethegi yexabiso lenkqubo efanayo e-US, malunga ne-2,500 yeedola ngeso.
I-American Eye Centre yamkela isicwangciso esikhethekileyo sokungena kwimarike yokhenketho ye-medial. Nangona sele inezigulana ezivela kwamanye amazwe, ngakumbi i-US, iinzame zangoku zeziko zigxile kwiimarike zaseJapan, zaseKorea naseTaiwan.
Iziko lisebenzisa iindlela ezahlukeneyo zokujonga nganye kwezi marike. Umzekelo, u-Arroyo uthi iingxoxo ziyaqhubeka nehotele ephethwe yiJapan eManila ngelungiselelo eliza kwazisa iziko kubathengi baseJapan kwaye baqinisekise ukuba beze kwiiPhilippines ukuze bafumane unyango kwiZiko laMaso laseMelika.
I-American Eye Centre, eyaqala njengeziko lokuhlaziya, yenye yeyokuqala ukuzisa kweli lizwe iteknoloji ye-laser-Lasik.
Iqela, liyiqonda imfuneko yokuthengisa, lalandela iphulo lentengiso elaselisa ubungqina bobuqu babantu abaziwayo malunga nokuba lukhuseleke kwaye luphumelele kangakanani utyando lwabo lwelaser. Aba baquka owayesakuba nguMongameli uFidel V. Ramos, uSen. Joker Arroyo (umalume kaGqr. Jack Arroyo), iNkundla ePhakamileyo eyiNxulumaniso uJustice Adolfo S. Azcuna, owayesakuba sisithethi sikaMongameli uFernando Barican, uMeya weSixeko saseDavao uRodrigo Duterte kunye nabantu abaninzi be-show biz.
"Iphulo lethu lokuthengisa kunye nentengiso ligxile kwitekhnoloji yethu hayi koogqirha," utshilo u-Arroyo, iqabane elipheleleyo kwiZiko laMaso laseMelika kunye nomongameli we-Associated Eye Specialists.
"Sikholelwa ukuba ukufumana abantu abaye bazama utyando lwelaser ukuba bathethe ngayo yeyona ndlela isebenzayo yokuyikhuthaza," uyongezelela. Ngaphandle koko, iimodeli zethu zizityebi ngokwaneleyo ukuba zingayenza simahla.
Iqhinga lasebenza: Kungekudala, izigulane zaqalisa ukuza kukwenza utyando.
NgoNovemba ka-2000, iqela - ngelo xesha lalisele likhulile ukubandakanya abanye oogqirha bamehlo kunye nabasebenzi bezonyango - landise izibonelelo zenkonzo yalo ukusuka kuqhaqho lokuphinda lube yindawo yoxilongo lwehlabathi, unyango kunye nonyango lotyando.
I-American Eye Centre, ngokutsho kweArroyo, ngoku ingenye yamaziko amahlanu aphezulu e-Asia kunye neNombolo ye-7 kwihlabathi ngokubhekiselele kwinani lotyando lwamehlo olwenziwayo. Ukusukela ekupheleni kuka-2007, iziko lisebenze ngaphezu kwamehlo angama-25,000.
Ngaphambili, abaguli bethu yayingabantu abadala, abaneminyaka engama-60 nangaphezulu. Namhlanje, abantu abancinci - nabo bakwiminyaka yabo yeshumi elivisayo - baya kwiziko lotyando lwelaser," utshilo.
Nangona ezinye iinkonzo zayo (isifo seswekile, i-macular degenerate glaucoma enxulumene neminyaka, i-neuro ophthalmology, isifo se-cornea esternal, i-vison ephantsi kunye ne-ophthalmology yabantwana) - ziye zatsala izigulane, iipesenti ze-60 zeshishini le-American Eye Centre lisasebenza ngelaser.
Ukwandiswa kwenkonzo yeZiko laMaso laseMelika kunye nokufudukela e-Edsa Plaza iShangri-La Mall yayinemarike yabakhenkethi bezonyango engqondweni yayo.
UArroyo uqinisekile ukuba iZiko laMaso laseMelika linethuba elihle lokufumana isiqwenga semarike yokhenketho lwezonyango.
Unezizathu ezininzi zokukholelwa oko. Eli ziko lityale imali kwitekhnoloji yezobugcisa kwaye liziko lotyando lwe-ambulatory yenkonzo epheleleyo evunyiweyo liSebe lezeMpilo kunye nePhilippine Health Insurance Corp. Inamaziko okuhlola kwizibhedlele ezininzi eMetro Manila.
Zininzi izinto ekusafuneka zenziwe ukufezekisa injongo yokwenza iiPhilippines ibe liziko eliphambili labakhenkethi bezonyango, njengokujongana neenkxalabo ezininzi zabakhenkethi malunga nokhuseleko lobuqu kunye nokungabikho kweziseko zophuhliso, kodwa into entle ngabadlali beshishini labucala, njenge-American Eye Centre, musani ukulinda nje ukuba le miba isonjululwe, bayashukuma kwaye benza indima yabo ekufezekiseni lo mbono welizwe.
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