Kuyindaba ekhathaza kakhulu ukuthi ubumpumputhe buyanda emhlabeni wonke. Okukhathaza kakhulu ukuphawula ukuthi amaphesenti angu-90 abantu abayizimpumputhe emhlabeni wonke ahlala emazweni asathuthuka. IPakistan ingelinye lamazwe athinteke kakhulu emhlabeni, kuze kube manje, ahlulekile ukuthatha izinyathelo eziphuthumayo ukulwa nalesi sifo, ngaphandle kwalokho, isifo eselaphekayo. Ngokusho kweNational Blindness Prevalence Survey 2006, ubukhulu bobumpumputhe ePakistan bulinganiselwa kubantu abayizigidi ezingu-1.49 kuya ku-1.54. Ngokufanayo, abantu abadala abayizigidi eziyisishiyagalombili kanye nezingane eziyizigidi ezintathu bahlushwa izinhlobo ezihlukahlukene zokukhubazeka kwamehlo. Ucwaningo luphinde lwadalula ukuthi cishe amaphesenti angama-70 abantu abathintwe ubumpumputhe bahlala ezindaweni ezikude, ngakho-ke, abakwazi ukuya emadolobheni amakhulu aseduze lapho iningi lezinsizakalo zezokwelapha zikhona.
Ngenxa yokushoda kwengqalasizinda edingekayo, okuhambisana nobuchwepheshe bezokwelapha obungebona bakamuva kakhulu ezibhedlela ze-tehsil kanye nezinga lesifunda, kudlale imishini enganakekelwa kahle kanye nokungabikho kohlelo oluthembekile lokudluliselwa kanye nokuntuleka kogqozi, ukumela, ukuqwashisa noma uhlelo lokuqapha nokuhlola. iqhaza ekuhlanganiseni inkinga yokungaboni ezweni lethu. Noma kunjalo, enye imbangela yokusabalala okukhulu ukuthi alukho uhlelo lokubeka phambili isidingo, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi abantu abaphethwe yi-glaucoma, ulwelwesi lwamehlo noma ubumpumputhe obuhlobene nesifo sikashukela. Kulesi simo, umthwalo wemfanelo womkhakha kahulumeni, ikakhulukazi umphakathi wezokwelapha, ukhula ngokuningi. Lesi simo esishaqisayo sidinga imizamo engaguquki yokunqanda lolu songo ukuze abantu abathintekile babone lo mhlaba omuhle ngamehlo avulekile.
Nokho, kuyindaba eduduzayo ukuthi ubumpumputhe obungaphezu kwamaphesenti angu-80 bungavinjelwa noma buyalapheka. Ngakho-ke, abezokwelapha kufanele bahlanganyele izandla nomkhakha kahulumeni ukusiza ukwelapha lesi sifo. Kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuthi ubumpumputhe buhlobene kakhulu nobumpofu ePakistan; ukufinyelela okuphansi ezinsizeni zokunakekelwa kwamehlo kuyisici esinomthelela omkhulu. Ukunciphisa ubumpumputhe, ukukhomba abantu abampofu kuyadingeka ukuze baguqule imikhuba yabo yokudla nendlela yokuphila. Noma yimuphi umzamo wokunciphisa ubumpofu uzosiza, ngandlela thize, ukuthuthukisa impilo jikelele ye-hoi polloi. Lokhu kungenelela, uma kwenziwa kahle, kuzoba nomthelela oqondile ekuntulekeni okuhlobene nezempilo ezweni lethu lapho ukuqhubeka kokucishwa kukagesi kanye nomnotho ontengantengayo kwenze izigidi zabantu zaphelelwa yimisebenzi futhi zaphelelwa yithemba.
E-Punjab, imizamo yokuhlanganyela ye-College of Ophthalmology & Allied Vision Sciences, i-King Edward Medical University, i-Lahore kanye nabanikelayo bamazwe ngamazwe iyisibonelo esihle kakhulu sokwabelana ngomthwalo wemfanelo ohlangene. Abaxhasi abadumile emhlabeni jikelele abafana noFred Hollows Foundation (Australia) kanye ne-Sight Savers International, e-UK badlala indima encomekayo kule crusade ukuze bafinyelele abantu abangafinyeleleki. Kubalulekile ukuveza ukuthi uhulumeni wasePakistan walungiselela Uhlelo Lukazwelonke Lokunqanda Nokulawulwa Kobumpumputhe ngo-2005 kanye nabaxhasi bamazwe ngamazwe. Kwakuwucwaningo lokuqala olujulile noluhleliwe lwenkinga kuleli zwe lapho ubumpumputhe buvame ukunganakwa ngumphakathi.
Kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuthi abaxhasi bamazwe ngamazwe banikeze isandla esincomekayo ekulweni nalesi sifo ePakistan. I-Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) ixhase ngezimali i-FHF ukuze yethule futhi iqalise Iphrojekthi Ye-Pakistan Australia District Eye Care (PADEC) kusukela ngo-2002 kuya ku-2007 nango-2007 kuya ku-2012. Ngaphansi kwephrojekthi, izinto ezidingekayo nokuqeqeshwa kwanikezwa ezigungwini zokunakekelwa kwamehlo zesifunda. Uhulumeni wase-Australia usize ekuletheni iphrojekthi yeminyaka emihlanu ye-Pakistan-Australia Sub-specialty Eye Care (PASEC) ngo-2009. Uphinde wanikeza usizo oludingekayo kanye nokwesekwa kwezobuchwepheshe ekuthuthukiseni amayunithi wamehlo ezibhedlela ze-DHQ, ukuphathwa kwabasebenzi ekunakekelweni kwamehlo kanye amaphrojekthi okulawula izifo kweminye imikhakha yezempilo esifundazweni sasePunjab eminyakeni yamuva nje. I-Fred Hollows Foundation kanye noHulumeni wase-Australia banikele ngamakhithi e-intraocular ukuze ahlinzwe mahhala ulwelwesi lwamehlo ezingeni lesifunda. Kuyajabulisa ukuveza ukuthi iFred Hollows Foundation iyaqhubeka nokusiza ekulungiseni lokhu kungalingani kuzo zonke izifundazwe ezine zezwe. Ngokufanayo, i-Sight Savers International ese-UK isungule i-Low Vision Clinic eMnyangweni Wamehlo we-DHQ Hospital, e-Rawalpindi. Kunesidingo sokuthi ukuqeqeshwa kokunakekelwa kwamehlo kuhlinzekwe kubasebenzi bezempilo okuyisisekelo, ikakhulukazi abasebenzi bezempilo bomphakathi ukuze bahlonze futhi badlulisele ngesikhathi abantu abanamehlo kanye nezinye izimbangela zokukhubazeka kokubona ezibhedlela ukuze bathole ukwelashwa okufanele.
Ukulwa nokungaboni kuwumzamo oqhubekayo odinga ukubamba iqhaza kwazo zonke izigaba zomphakathi. Imikhakha yezinkampani nentuthuko kufanele futhi ize phambili ukuze isize ekwelapheni ubumpumputhe. Umphakathi ngokuhlanganyela ungenza lo mhlaba ube yindawo enhle yabantu abangenalusizi abangakwazi ukuwubona. Ngokunjalo, u-Ulema nezifundiswa zezenkolo kufanele futhi baqwashise abantu mayelana nokunikela ngeso kuhambisana nemithetho yamaSulumane. Abezindaba kufanele baqwashise abantu mayelana neminikelo yamehlo ukuze angaboni emehlweni eduze kwethu abone lo mhlaba omuhle. Kudingeka sifunde ezweni elincane elisathuthuka njengeSri Lanka okuyilona elinikela ngeso elikhulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni. Ihlinzeka ngeminikelo yamehlo yamahhala emazweni angama-57 omhlaba okuhlanganisa nePakistan.
Uma lolu daba silubuka ngasohlangothini lwefilosofi, kungacatshangwa ukuthi kunezinhlobo ezimbili zobumpumputhe kunoma yimuphi umphakathi othile; inani kuphela liyahlukahluka. Okokuqala, labo abangaboni ngenxa yesici esithile emehlweni abo futhi abanye abenqaba ukubona naphezu kokubona okujwayelekile ngokuphelele- benqaba ukubona amaqiniso asobala okuphila. Kungashiwo okufanayo nangezizwe; labo abavula amehlo abo futhi basebenze kanzima, bahambisane nezikhathi eziguqukayo, futhi labo abavala amehlo abo ezintweni ezingokoqobo ezibuhlungu, basalela emuva kakhulu embuthweni wezizwe. Ngakho-ke, abaholi bethu bakazwelonke kufanele bahlale bevule amehlo ukuze babhekane nezinselelo eziqhubekayo zobuphekula, ububha kanye nokungalingani kwezenhlalo-mnotho emazingeni aphansi.
