Minisitiri w’Ubuzima Wungirije, Dr. Yvan Butera, yifatanyije n’umuryango, inshuti, bagenzi, n’abanyeshuri ba Dr. Paul Farmer mu muhango wabereye ku Ishuri Rikuru ry’Ubuvuzi n’Imiyoborere mu buzima (UGHE) riherereye i Butaro, mu rwego rwo kuzirikana ubuzima bwe, umurage yasize n’indangagaciro z’ubutabera mu buzima yaharaniraga.
Mu ijambo rye, Dr. Butera yagarutse ku ruhare rukomeye Dr. Farmer yagize mu kwimakaza ubuvuzi bunoze kandi bubereye buri wese, by’umwihariko mu bihugu bikennye. Yagize ati:
“Kwibuka Dr. Farmer si ukumuhimbaza gusa, ahubwo ni uguhamya icyerekezo yaturaze – ubuvuzi butagira aho bushingiye ku bukire cyangwa aho umuntu akomoka, ubuvuzi bwuzuye urukundo, ubumuntu n’ubutabera.”
Umurage wa Dr. Farmer: Indangagaciro z’umurimo n’ubumuntu
Dr. Paul Farmer, washinze Umuryango Partners In Health (PIH) ndetse akaba n’umwe mu batangije UGHE, yamenyekanye cyane nk’umuganga, umwarimu n’umushakashatsi wari uzwiho ubwitange budasanzwe. Yari umuntu wizeye ko buri muntu, yaba atuye mu cyaro cy’akataraboneka cyangwa mu mugi ukize, akwiye kubona serivisi z’ubuvuzi nk’uburenganzira bw’ibanze.
Imyitwarire ya Dr. Farmer yagaragazaga “moral clarity” – ubushishozi mu by’umurongo ngenderwaho ku byiza n’ibibi – aho yemezaga ko ubuzima bw’umuntu n’ubwubahane bishingira ku bikorwa aho kuba amagambo. Yakoze ubuvuzi nk’iyerekwa, atarangwa n’inyungu ze bwite, ahubwo agashyira imbere imibereho y’abandi n’impinduka mu muryango nyarwanda n’isi yose.
UGHE n’ubufatanye bukomeza umurage we
Iri shuri ryatangijwe ku bufatanye bwa PIH na Leta y’u Rwanda, ryakomeje kwigisha no gutegura abakora mu rwego rw’ubuzima bafite ubumenyi, ubushobozi n’indangagaciro zishingiye ku butabera. Abitabiriye uyu muhango bashimangiye ko uguhura kw’inshuti n’umuryango wa Dr. Farmer ari ishema ryo guhamya ko umurage we ukiri muzima.
Mu gusoza, Dr. Butera yasabye abitabiriye gukomeza kuba abafatanyabikorwa mu rugamba rwo kurandura ubusumbane mu buzima, ati:
“Dr. Farmer yadusigiye umurage utazima – ni inshingano zacu kuwukomeza, tubinyujije mu bufatanye, uburezi bufite ireme, n’ubuvuzi bwita ku muntu wese”
Dr. Paul Farmer yapfuye ku wa 21 Gashyantare 2022, afite imyaka 62. Azibukwa nk’uwahinduye imyumvire y’isi ku bijyanye no gutanga ubuvuzi bwubahiriza agaciro k’umuntu.
