Umbuzo: Ngithola kanjani usizo oluphuthumayo?
Kuthiwani uma ngidinga udokotela noma kufanele ngibize umlilo noma umnyango wamaphoyisa e-UK? Ngiya kuphi lapho ngiphuthumayo?
Impendulo: Inombolo yocingo ephuthumayo kuyo yonke imisebenzi ephuthumayo yase-UK - Amaphoyisa, uMlilo kanye ne-Ambulance - ingu- 999. Ngo-Mashi 2014 inamba entsha yokwaziswa kwezokwelapha, 111, yaziswa ngokuphuthumayo kodwa ingasongeli iseluleko sezokwelapha. Bona okuningi mayelana nokusebenzisa 111 ngezansi.
Ezinye izimo eziphuthumayo zezokwelapha
Kunezimo eziningana lapho ungadinga khona iseluleko sezokwelapha ngaphambi noma esikhundleni sokubiza izinsizakalo eziphuthumayo. Uma ugula ngesifo esiphuthumayo sezokwelapha esingadingi amasevisi we-ambulensi noma izimo eziphuthumayo unga:
- Hamba kunoma yiliphi ihhovisi le-GP (aziwa ngokuthi ukuhlinza kwe-GP e-UK) ngesikhathi samahora. Iningi lala odokotela abahlinzayo lizosingatha ukuqokwa okufakwe ohlwini kodwa kuzoba khona udokotela onogada ukukhuluma naye.
- Yiya esikhungweni sezokwelapha esiphuthumayo sokuhamba. Ngokuvamile ungathola enye yalezi ziteshi zesitimela ezinkulu nezindawo zezindiza - zigijimela ngasese futhi zikhokhisa imali kodwa ngokuvamile ungahamba nje ngaphandle kokuqokwa. I-Medicentre ngumkhiqizo ojikeleze eLondon. I-National Health (NHS) iphinde isebenzise izikhungo zezokwelapha, ngokuvamile ezihlinzekwa ngabahlengikazi futhi ngokuvamile ziyingxenye yezikhungo zezibhedlela. Njengoba kuzo zonke izinsizakalo ze-NHS ezitholakalayo kuzivakashi, ukwelashwa okuphuthumayo kuphela kukhululekile ngesikhathi sokulethwa. Uma udinga umshwalense, ukuvakashelwa okulandelwayo noma ukungena esibhedlela, kuzodingeka ukhokhe noma unikeze imibhalo yakho yomshuwalense.
- Vakashela igumbi lesimo esiphuthumayo esibhedlela. Amakamelo okuphuthumayo esibhedlela abizwa ngokuthi ama- Accident and Emergency Units noma iMinyango ye-A & E e-UK. Abantu bangase babhekisele kuleso sigaba sesibhedlela njenge- Casualty . futhi, ukwelashwa okuphuthumayo okulethwa ku-A & E noma Ukuhlukunyezwa mahhala kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ubuzwe bakho noma izwe lendawo yokuhlala. Kodwa uma uvunyelwe noma ucele ukuba ubuyele emtholampilo, uzokhokhwa amacala okugcwele Thola okunye ngemithetho yokufinyelela ye-NHS yokwelapha yamahhala.
111 Uma ungaqiniseki ukuthi ungaphika
Ifoni 111 (mahhala kumafoni omakhalekhukhwini noma emakhasini omhlaba) iseluleko sezokwelapha esiphuthumayo ezimweni ezingekho zokuphila ezisongelayo. Umeluleki oqeqeshwe, osekelwa ngabahlengikazi kanye nezimo eziphuthumayo, uzokukhuluma ngemibuzo yokuhlola ukuthi yini okufanele uyenze ngokulandelayo. Izincomo ezingase zenziwe ububanzi ekunikezeni ngenombolo yocingo ukubiza, ukudlulisela ngqo kusizo olufanele lomphakathi, ukukwazisa mayelana namahora odlule odokotela kanye nama-pharmacy ebusuku noma ukwenza amalungiselelo we-ambulensi uma lokho kuyadingeka. Uma ungakufanelekeli ukunakekelwa kwezempilo kwamahhala ngaphansi kwe-NHS , uzophinde, ukhokhele noma yikuphi ukulandelwa kumasevisi. Kodwa akudingeki ukhokhele iseluleko osithola kulolu cingo lwefoni noma ucingo ngokwayo. Uma ungumvakashi, kuyindlela elula kakhulu yokuthola usizo lwezokwelapha ongase uludinge.
I-Tip yangaphakathi
Amanye amahhotela asebenzisa odokotela eziphuthumayo zangasese izivakashi ezigulayo ngenkathi zivakashela i-UK. Lolu hlobo lokuvakasha kukadokotela lungabiza futhi umshuwalense wakho angeke uhlanganise ngokugcwele izindleko. Esikhundleni salokho, zama ukuya e-A & E lapho eseduze khona lapho ukwelashwa kokuqala okuphuthumayo kukhululekile.