Dr. Sagi
Assa, uyobora ishami rishinzwe kuvura indwara z’umutima ku bana hakoreshejwe
utwuma twinjizwa mu mitsimuri Wolfson Medical Center muri Israel, yaje mu
Rwanda nyuma yo gutabazwa na mugenzi we w’Umunyarwanda, Dr. Gerard Misago. Uyu
ni we muganga wa mbere w’Umunyarwanda wabonye amahugurwa yihariye mu kuvura
indwara z’umutima ku bana hakoreshejwe ubu buryo.
Uruhinja
rwavuwe rwitwa Angel, rwari rufite iminsi 11 gusa kandi rufite ibiro 2,6 kg.
Rwavukanye ikibazo gikomeye cyo kuziba kw’imijyana yo k’umutima cyo nka critical
pulmonary valve stenosis, aho umuyoboro wa valve usohora amaraso ajya mu bihaha
uba warafunganye cyane, bigatuma amaraso atagera mu bihaha uko bikwiye.
Ababyeyi ba
Angel bari batuye mu cyaro, bamujyanye mu bitaro bitandukanye mbere y’uko
agezwa ku bitaro bya King Faisal Hospital i Kigali, aho abaganga basanze
ubuzima bwe buri mu kaga gakomeye kandi hakenewe igikorwa cyihutirwa.
Dr. Sagi
Assa yahagurutse muri Israel mu gicuku, anyura Addis Ababa, agera i Kigali mu
gitondoakoze urugendo rwa kilometer 400 kugira ngo afashe Dr. Gerard Misago
muri iki gikorwa cyari gifite ibyago byinshi. Yavuze ko kuba ari ubwa mbere ubu
buryo bukorerwa uruhinja rukiri ruto cyane mu Rwanda byatumye bumva ko bagomba
kubukorera hamwe.
Abaganga
bakoze balloon pulmonary valvuloplasty, aho bakoresha umuyoboro muto cyane
(catheter) banyuza mu mitsi kugeza ku mutima, hanyuma bakoresheje ballon
bagafungura umuyoboro wa pulmonary valve wari warafunganye. Ibi byakozwe batabanje
gusatura igituza no gukora open-heart surgery.
Igikorwa
cyagenze neza. Mu masaha make nyuma yacyo, Angel yari amaze gutekana,
ahagarikwa ku mashini yamufashaga guhumeka, ndetse asubizwa kwa nyina kugira
ngo amwonse.
Igikorwa
cyabaye igisobanuro gikomeye ku buvuzi bw’u Rwanda kuko cyerekanye ko abaganga
b’Abanyarwanda bashobora gukora ibikorwa bikomeye byo kuvura umutima w’abana mu
gihugu, aho kujya kohereza abarwayi mu mahanga. Dr. Misago ni we wayoboye
igikorwa, Dr. Assa amufasha, naho Dr. Christine Niyibogora, inzobere mu gutera
ikinya abana bafite indwara z’umutima, na we agira uruhare rukomeye.
Dr. Assa
yari amaze imyaka itatu atoza Dr. Misago muri Israel binyuze muri gahunda ya Save
a Child’s Heart, igamije kuvura abana bafite indwara z’umutima no guhugura
abaganga bo mu bihugu bikiri kubaka ubushobozi bw’ubuvuzi bw’umutima.
Iyi ntambwe ifatwa nk’ingenzi cyane ku Rwanda, kuko ishobora gutuma abana benshi bavukana indwara z’umutima babona ubuvuzi bukomeye hano mu Rwanda, hafi y’imiryango yabo, aho koherezwa mu mahanga.