Maranda Hollins

Maranda Hollins yabonye impamyabumenyi ya Associate mu Bumenyi Ngiro mu bijyanye n'Isuku y'Amenyo muri Des Moines Area Community College, kandi akoresha ubuhanga bwe mu kwita ku barwayi agamije gukumira indwara. Afite ubuhanga buhanitse mu koza amenyo hagamijwe gukumira indwara, kwita ku buzima bw'ishinya n'ibindi bifashe amenyo, gukuraho ibuye ry'amenyo no gusukura imizi yayo, gusuzuma kanseri yo mu kanwa, no kwigisha ku buzima bwo mu kanwa. Yita ku barwayi kandi agakora yitonze, akora neza haba mu mavuriro y'amenyo yakira abarwayi benshi cyangwa mu bigo nderabuzima by'abaturage. Akorana n'abaganga b'amenyo n'abandi bakozi kugira ngo buri murwayi ahabwe ubuvuzi akeneye bwo gusana amenyo, kuyagorora, kuvura ishinya n'ibindi bifashe amenyo, no kunoza imigaragarire y'amenyo. Yishimira kwigisha abarwayi uburyo bunoze bwo koza amenyo no gukoresha urudodo rwo gusukura hagati yayo, ndetse no kubagira inama ku bikoresho byiza byo kwita ku kanwa kugira ngo bakomeze kugira ubuzima bwiza bwo mu kanwa igihe kirekire.

Maranda yabaye utanga serivisi z'ubuvuzi kubera impamvu imwe yoroshye: gufasha abantu. Agira ati: "Icyo nkunda cyane ni ugufasha abantu kunoza ubuzima bwabo bwo mu kanwa, kugira ngo banarusheho kugira ubuzima bwiza muri rusange." Akunda kuganiriza abarwayi no kubasobanurira ibikorerwa mu gihe baje kwivuza, kandi yishimira cyane kubafasha kugabanya ubwoba bwo kuvuzwa amenyo igihe cyose abishoboye.

Uretse akazi ke ko kuvura, Maranda yakoze n'ibikorwa bikomeye byo gufasha abaturage. Igihe yakoraga nk'inzobere mu isuku y'amenyo yanditswe mu rugaga rw'umwuga muri Siouxland Community Health Center, yanabaye umuhuzabikorwa wa I-Smile. Yafashaga abana batishoboye kubona abatanga serivisi z'ubuvuzi bw'amenyo, agatanga ibiganiro mu mashuri, mu bigo bicumbikira abatagira aho baba, mu bigo byita ku bana ku manywa, no mu nama njyanama z'imijyi. Yanafashaga imiryango kubona ubufasha bw'amafaranga no gushyiraho gahunda zo kwivuza. Afite kandi uburambe bw'ingirakamaro mu bya farumasi no mu gutegura inyemezabuguzi zishyurwa n'ubwishingizi, bigatuma asobanukirwa mu buryo bwagutse ibijyanye no kwita ku barwayi n'imikorere ya serivisi z'ubuvuzi muri rusange.