\u201cEk kan nou sien! Aan die begin was ek bietjie huiwerig, want daar is mos maar risiko\u2019s as jy \u2019n operasie laat doen, maar ek is baie bly dat ek dit laat doen het.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
S\u00f3 s\u00ea Donnevin Linders van Jamestown, een van sowat 40 mense wat elke maand gouer toegang het tot oogsorgdienste sedert die Wes-Kaapse departement van gesondheid en welstand (WKDGW) begin het om oftalmologiedienste nader aan pasi\u00ebnte in die Stellenbosch- en Drakenstein-omgewings te bring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Oftalmologiedienste is sedert 1 Maart op \u2019n deeltydse basis beskikbaar by klinieke en gemeenskapsdagsentrums (daghospitale) in hierdie omgewings. Vir pasi\u00ebnte soos Linders beteken dit dat hy die geskikte diens gouer en nader aan waar hy woon kon kry. Dit verminder die hoeveelheid ritte wat die pasi\u00ebnt sou moes maak om deur \u2019n spesialis gehelp te word. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOp die vlak van klinieke, daghospitale en \u2019n distriks\u00adhospitaal soos Stellenbosch-hospitaal word \u2019n beperkte pakket van dienste gelewer wat oogsorg betref. Dit word aangevul deur \u2019n skole-gesondheidsprogram waarin \u2019n oogsorgdiens na leerders gebring word, en gesondheids\u00adwerkers is bly dat pasi\u00ebnte nou nog beter ondersteuning het sedert die deeltydse aanstelling van die oftalmoloog. Mense soos Linders kom nou vinniger in aanmerking vir prosedures soos die verwydering van katarakte. Die bykomende ondersteuning van deeltydse oftalmologiedienste het ook daartoe gelei dat \u2019n toenemende hoeveelheid mense ge\u00efdentifiseer word wat omvattende oogsorgdienste benodig,\u201d s\u00ea Sandra Maritz, \u2019n woordvoerder van die WKDGW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In die Kaapse Wynland het die Stellenbosch- en Drakenstein-omgewings die hoogste voorkoms van katarakte. Baie mense se sig word ook be\u00efnvloed deur diabetes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMy regteroog was heeltemal vaal. Ek is in die ambag en kon later nie meer sien nie,\u201d vertel Linders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hy weet reeds sedert 2010 dat hy \u2019n katarak op sy regteroog het, maar in 2022 het sy sig in hierdie oog vinnig versleg. Hy is na Don & Pat Bilton-kliniek waar sy o\u00eb getoets is, en toe na Stellenbosch-hospitaal vir \u2019n konsultasie met die oftalmoloog. Later is sy katarak in Paarl-hospitaal verwyder. \u201cEk is baie bly oor die diens wat ek ontvang het.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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