Springfield: Benton

Mu myaka irenga 20 ishize, 618 N. Benton yagize uruhare mu mateka ya Jordan Valley Health (JVH). Mu 2004, Jordan Valley Health yaguye serivisi zayo zo kuvura amenyo izigeza ku muhanda wa Benton, bituma abaturage barushaho kubona serivisi z'ubuvuzi nyuma y'umwaka 1 gusa ifunguye ivuriro ryayo rya mbere. Uko imyaka yagiye ishira, iyi nyubako yakomeje guhinduka kugira ngo ihuze n'ibyo abantu yahaga serivisi bari bakeneye.

Hari igihe 618 N. Benton yakoreragamo Express Care ya Jordan Valley Health, igaha abarwayi aho bajya kwivuza batabanje gufata gahunda, igihe babaga babikeneye. Uko serivisi za Jordan Valley Health zagendaga ziyongera kandi zihinduka, ni ko n'inyubako yahindukaga. Ubu igorofa ryo hejuru ritangirwamo ubuvuzi ku bantu bakuru n'imiryango, harimo kwita ku buzima bwo mu mutwe n'imyitwarire, kuvura indwara ziterwa no gukoresha ibiyobyabwenge, no kugabanya ububabare.

Iyi nyubako kandi yorohereza abantu kubona ubufasha igihe babukeneye cyane. Imashini itanga naloxone (ni ukuvuga Narcan) iri hanze, hafi y'umuryango w'ivuriro, igaha Narcan ku buntu umuntu wese uyikeneye, ku manywa na nijoro. Kugira ngo bakoreshe iyo mashini, abantu bandikamo gusa kode y'iposita y'umuntu uhabwa uwo muti.

Ariko iyi nyubako ikora ibirenze kwita ku bantu muri iki gihe. Mu 2024, igorofa ryo hasi ryatangiye gukoreramo Ikigo cya Billy Long cy'Amahugurwa mu Buvuzi & Ubuvuzi bw'Amenyo, hashyirwaho ahantu hagenewe kwigisha no guhugura abantu binyuze mu gushyira mu bikorwa ibyo biga. Aho hantu hakoreshwa mu nyigisho n'amahugurwa yo gukomeza kongera ubumenyi, harimo gahunda zo kwigira ku murimo mu buvuzi no mu buvuzi bw'amenyo. Abazaba abakozi bo mu rwego rw'ubuzima n'abasanzwe barukoramo bashobora kwiga, kwimenyereza no kongera ubumenyi ngiro bakeneye kugira ngo bite ku barwayi hirya no hino muri Ozarks.

Kuva igihe yatangirwagamo Express Care kugeza ubu itangirwamo serivisi z'ubuvuzi bwihariye n'amahugurwa y'abakozi, 618 N. Benton yakomeje gutera imbere hamwe na Jordan Valley Health n'abaturage. Ubu, ubuvuzi butangirwa ku igorofa ryo hejuru, mu gihe abakozi bo mu rwego rw'ubuzima b'igisekuru kizaza bigira ku igorofa ryo hasi. Ibi bihuza ibice 2 by'intego ya Jordan Valley Health: kwita ku bantu muri iki gihe no gufasha kubaka urwego rw'ubuvuzi rukomeye kurushaho mu gihe kizaza.