Kuthunyelwe ngoJulayi 13, 2023
2: 30 pm
Ngomhla ziyi-13 kuNhlangulana 2023, abasekeli Bosizo Lwezomthetho babuthana ukuze bagubhe uSuku Lwabasunguli. Lo mcimbi okhethekile uhloniphe iminyaka eyi-118 yomsebenzi oqhubekayo we-Legal Aid wokwelula ubulungiswa kulo lonke elaseNyakatho-mpumalanga ye-Ohio futhi waqaphela iminyaka engu-20 yomsebenzi woSizo Lwezomthetho ukuxazulula izinkinga zomthetho ezithinta impilo yomuntu ngokusebenzisa Ubambiswano Lwezokwelashwa Nezomthetho.
I-Legal Aid yakha i-Medical-Legal Partnership (MLP) yokuqala e-Ohio ngo-2003 ngokwenza ubudlelwano obusemthethweni ne-MetroHealth. Ngaleso sikhathi, lena bekuyi-MLP yesine kuphela e-United States. Namuhla, i-Medical-Legal Partnerships ikhona ezinhlanganweni zezempilo ezingu-450 ezifundazweni ezingu-49 nase-Washington, DC
I-Medical-Legal Partnerships iyithuluzi elibalulekile ekubhekaneni nezinqumo zezenhlalakahle zezempilo - izimo abantu abazalelwa kuzo, ukukhula, ukuphila, umsebenzi kanye neminyaka yobudala. Lezi zici zezenhlalo nezemvelo - njengezindlu eziphephile nomakhelwane; ezokuthutha ezinokwethenjelwa; ukufinyelela ekudleni okunomsoco; kanye nokuthuthukiswa kwamakhono okufunda nokubhala - kunomthelela omkhulu empilweni yabantu, enhlalakahleni, kanye nezinga lempilo.
Ngalobu budlelwano obusha, I-Legal Aid isebenza ngokuqondile nabahlinzeki bezempilo ukuze basize odokotela, abaphathi bamacala, nosonhlalakahle babhekane nezinkinga zesakhiwo eziwumsuka wokungalingani kwezempilo okuningi.
Phakathi nomcimbi woSuku Lwabasunguli, abaholi abavela ezinhlelweni ezine zezibhedlela ezinkulu eNyakatho-mpumalanga ye-Ohio babelane ngemibono yabo ngomthelela walokhu kubambisana engxoxweni eyenganyelwe ngu-E. Harry Walker, MD (Usihlalo, Ibhodi Labaphathiswa Be-MetroHealth System).
U-Harlin G. Adelman, Esq. (Isikhulu Esiyinhloko Sezomthetho, Izibhedlela zaseNyuvesi); UShannon Fogarty Ijezi, Esq. (Umeluleki Jikelele, Odade Bohlelo Lwezempilo Lokusiza Abampofu); Sonja Rajki, Esq. (Umeluleki Jikelele, Uhlelo lweMetroHealth); kanye noDavid W. Rowan, Esq. (Isikhulu Esiyinhloko Sezomthetho, I-Cleveland Clinic) ngamunye wakhuluma ngentshiseko ngomthelela wokuba nabameli Be-Legal Aid bahlanganiswe ekulethweni kokunakekelwa kwezokwelapha, futhi bagqamisa imiphumela emihle ezigulini nakubahlinzeki engafinyelelwa ngale ndlela ehlanganisa zonke izici.
Ucwaningo oluzimele lubonise imiphumela enanela lokho okwachazwa amaphaneli - lapho uchwepheshe bezomthetho kanye nezinsizakalo zisetshenziselwa ukubhekana nezinkinga ezihlobene nobumpofu ezithinta impilo nokuphila kahle komuntu, kulandela imiphumela emihle.* Isibonelo, abantu abanezifo ezingelapheki banempilo engcono futhi bayamukelwa. ukuya esibhedlela njalo kancane; abantu bahlala ezindlini ezizinzile futhi izinsiza zabo mancane amathuba okuba zivalwe; futhi abantu babika ukucindezelwa okuncane kanye nolwazi lwentuthuko empilweni yengqondo.
*Umthombo: Isikhungo Sikazwelonke Sokubambisana Kwezomthetho Kwezokwelapha
I-Legal Aid inethimba elizinikele labameli kanye nabasizi bezomthetho eQenjini lethu Lezempilo & nethuba Lokuzijwayeza eligxile ohlelweni lwe-Medical-Legal Partnership. Kodwa-ke, amaklayenti ayakwazi ukufinyelela kububanzi obugcwele bobuchwepheshe be-Legal Aid kuzo zonke izindawo zethu zokusebenza, okuhlanganisa ezeZindlu, Umthetho Womndeni, kanye Nobulungiswa Kwezomnotho.
Ishicilelwe okokuqala encwadini yezindaba ye-Legal Aid ethi "Poetic Justice", Umqulu 20, Ushicilelo 2 ngoJulayi 2023. Bona ukukhishwa okugcwele kulesi sixhumanisi: “Ubulungiswa Benkondlo” Umqulu 20, Ushicilelo 2.