kwa umma ufahamu, Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust issued fresh plea for responsible use of 999 over Christmas period. Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust
Jumatatu 16 Desemba 2019: THE Ambulance ya Wales Service has issued a fresh plea for the public to use 999 responsibly as Krismasi inakaribia.
While the Christmas and New Year period is generally one of the busiest, new figures have revealed that last Christmas Day was actually the quietest day in December, prompting the Trust to suggest that people behave differently on December 25th from other days of the year when it comes to calling an ambulance.
Huduma hiyo ilichukua simu 1,374 kupitia 999 Siku ya Krismasi iliyopita; karibu simu 500 pungufu kuliko siku yake yenye shughuli nyingi zaidi, Desemba 1, wakati ilikuwa na simu 1,847.
Jason Killens, Chief Executive of the Welsh Ambulance Service, said: “This suggests to us that those people who would normally be tempted to call us inappropriately are busy opening presents and eating lunch which means suddenly their ‘dharura’ can wait.
"Kufikia Boxing Day, simu zimeongezeka. Wakati mwingine hii ni kwa sababu watu hawako sawa, lakini mara nyingi ni matokeo ya kunywa kupita kiasi siku iliyotangulia.
"Watu who are genuinely ill don’t choose when they are unwell and, of course, we are there for those patients 24/7, 365 days of the year.
"Hata hivyo, wale watu wanaotumia huduma za ambulensi badala ya miadi ya daktari au kwa sababu wana ugonjwa mdogo wa muda mrefu au majeraha wanaonekana kufanya maamuzi tofauti Siku ya Krismasi.
"Ni watu hawa tunaowauliza wawe na busara na kufanya chaguzi zile zile kila siku nyingine ya mwaka.
“Kila siku inapaswa kuwa Siku ya Krismasi unapofikiria jinsi ya kutumia 999; kwa kweli ni maalum."
Upasuaji mwingi wa GP utafungwa katika Likizo za Benki - ikiwa ni pamoja na Siku ya Krismasi, Siku ya Ndondi na Siku ya Mwaka Mpya - kwa hivyo Trust inawahimiza watu kuchukua hatua sasa ili kuhakikisha kuwa wamejitayarisha.
Lee Brooks, Mkurugenzi wa Uendeshaji, aliongeza: “Simu kwa huduma yetu ya ambulensi hutatuliwa kwa utaratibu wa kipaumbele, kwa hivyo ikiwa wewe si mgonjwa sana au umejeruhiwa, utasubiri msaada wetu kwa muda mrefu zaidi.
"Pia hutaonekana haraka zaidi katika idara za dharura ukifika kwa ambulensi kwani wagonjwa wote wanaonekana kwa mpangilio wa kipaumbele cha kliniki, sio kulingana na jinsi au lini walifika katika idara hiyo.
“Kabla ya kupiga 999, fikiria ni wapi pengine unaweza kupata usaidizi unaohitaji, haraka zaidi.
“Wauguzi walioajiriwa na Huduma ya Ambulance ya Wales wapo 24/7, ikiwa ni pamoja na Siku ya Krismasi, ili kukupa ushauri na habari – wapigie kwa 0845 46 47, au kwa 111 ikiwa inapatikana katika eneo lako.
“Unaweza pia kutembelea www.nhsdirect.wales.nhs.uk ili kuchukua mojawapo ya vikagua dalili zaidi ya 20, ikijumuisha kwa mafua na mafua, maumivu ya meno na tumbo, ili kupokea ushauri wa haraka mtandaoni kuhusu nini cha kufanya baadaye.
“Usisahau kuhusu mfamasia wako, daktari wa macho na kitengo chako cha majeraha madogo, ambapo hakuna haja ya miadi.
"Ikiwa unategemea dawa, hakikisha kuwa una dawa nyingi za kutosha za kukusaidia, na kuhifadhi dawa rahisi ni wazo zuri pia, ikijumuisha kwa kukosa kusaga chakula, maumivu ya kichwa na maumivu ya meno."
The welsh Ambulance Service is calling on the public to use its services appropriately as part of its new Be Wise Save Lives campaign.
Fuata kampeni kwenye mitandao ya kijamii ukitumia alama ya reli #BeWiseSaveLives
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Kulingana na taarifa kwa vyombo vya habari iliyotolewa na Huduma za Ambulance ya Welsh NHS Trust.
