- Target:
- Dorper Wind Farm and Private businesses and institutions
- Region:
- South Africa
There have been many preventable deaths that has occurred during this pandemic. These deaths have been caused by a lack of resources and medication at most South African hospitals. Maboyce Elvis Noyila has become one of the statistics of people who died because of no beds, medication and machines available.
Below is what COVID-19 is and what it does to the body.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a highly infectious disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). This is a new illness which targets the respiratory system.
Spread of the disease is transmitted via respiratory droplets through coughing or sneezing.
Follow government guidelines to stay safe and prevent COVID-19 from spreading.
Some COVID-19 patients are asymptomatic, meaning they don’t have any symptoms despite testing positive for the disease. Mild symptoms occur in the majority of cases (~80%) and include a continuous cough and fever. More severe symptoms include shortness of breath, known as dyspnea, which can indicate pneumonia. A small proportion of critical cases (<5%) can result in respiratory failure, septic shock or multiple-organ failure.
COVID-19 initially affects parts of the upper respiratory tract.
Infection of the upper respiratory tract results in mild symptoms such as a fever and a dry, continuous cough.
A fever is thought to develop as the immune system enhances to fight the virus and inhibit its further spread.
COVID-19 can spread to the lower respiratory tract.
Infection of the lower respiratory tract affects tertiary branches of the bronchi known as the bronchioles, the air passages of the lungs.
The bronchioles become inflamed and irritated, causing a cough. In more severe cases, the virus can travel further down the respiratory tract, affecting the alveoli, the air sacs of the lungs.
This may lead to a condition called pneumonia, which is characterised by inflammation of the alveoli and the build-up of fluid.
About 6% of the South African population - about 3.5million people - suffer from diabetes, and 5 million more are estimated to have pre-diabetes - when blood sugar levels are higher than normal, but not high enough to be considered as diabetes. Most cases of pre-diabetes in South Africa are undiagnosed.
Diabetes is the second most common cause of death in the country, according to the latest (2016) Statistics South Africa report on mortality and causes of death.
Older people and people with pre-existing medical conditions (such as diabetes, heart disease and asthma) appear to be more vulnerable to becoming severely ill with the COVID-19 virus. When people with diabetes develop a viral infection, it can be harder to treat due to fluctuations in blood glucose levels and, possibly, the presence of diabetes complications. There appear to be two reasons for this. Firstly, the immune system is compromised, making it harder to fight the virus and likely leading to a longer recovery period. Secondly, the virus may thrive in an environment of elevated blood glucose.
We as the Nkcubeko Noyila Foundation (NNF) alongside the Maboyce Elvis Noyila (MEN) Foundation, the undersigned, call on Dorper Wind Farm and Private businesses to lend a helping hand in purchasing ventilation machines (most important) and incubators, and immune system boosters due to our corrupt government. Many people are losing lives due to questionable decisions made by so called 'Experts' who are looking out for the general public. It has been months since we have been on lockdown and many questions are being raised on who is advising our government and are they actually doing groundwork. Maboyce Elvis Noyila was a father and breadwinner who died due to a lack of the above as he had diabetes which put him at risk of contacting COVID-19. Upon being taken to two doctors and visiting the hospital in Molteno, Burgersdorp and Queenstown, he experienced shortness of breathe, body pain and headache and he was rushed to the hospital where he received treatment for pneumonia. He later developed fluids in his lungs and needed oxygen which they gave him while he was on isolation at the hospital but he was never given supplements to boost his immune. We contacted nearby hospitals (public and private) where there were no beds and occupied ventilation machines and incubators. He then had no oxygen circulating in his body and brain as he started hallucinating. On the second day at hospital, he passed away while he was on the waiting list at Queenstown Life private hospital and Frontier public hospital. Similarly, George Libalele who went to hospital continuously due to shortness of breathe was returned home 2 times of which they only admitted him 2 hours before he died. He was related to Maboyce Elvis Noyila as they married sisters who also later tested positive for COVID-19. Maboyce Elvis Noyila and George Libalele died 2 hours apart on the 30th of July 2020. Two brothers died because there was no access to ventilation machines and medication. We call upon individuals, NGOs and businesses to assist in raising funds to purchase ventilation machines and Immune boosters for the Molteno and Sterkstroom hospital as the government has failed us by being corrupt. We as the community are taking matters to our own hands. Therefore, this initiative has initiated the Maboyce Elvis Noyila Foundation. Maboyce Elvis Noyila Foundation (MEN Foundation) is a non-profit organization that aims to solve issues that pertain to basic human rights and access to healthcare. The organization connects public hospitals and institutions to private businesses that need to give back to their operating communities. The organization advocates and promotes equity and equality by identifying issues that affects basic human rights.
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The Urgent Request for ventilation machines and Immune system boosters petition to Dorper Wind Farm and Private businesses and institutions was written by Nkcubeko Noyila and is in the category Human Rights at GoPetition.