I-Waverly Hills Sanatorium yisibhedlela esilahliwe esiseLouisville, Kentucky eyake yahlalisa imiphefumulo eminingi ehlushwa. Le kwakuyindawo eyayakhelwe ukwamukela iziguli ezinofuba ngesifiso sokuthola ikhambi ngakho iziguli zingabuyela ezimpilweni zazo nakwabathandekayo bazo.

Ngeshwa, lokhu bekungenjalo kwabaningi abangena ngaleyo minyango kanti eminye yalemiphefumulo isalokhu ihlala phakathi kwezindonga zayo.

Esinye sezibhedlela zesifo sofuba esithuthuke kakhulu ngesikhathi saso. IWaverly Hills Sanatorium ekuqaleni yayisemhlabeni owathengwa nguMajor Thomas H. Hays ngo-1883. Wayedinga isikole samadodakazi akhe ukuba afunde kuso. Wakha indlu yesikole enekamelo elilodwa kule ndawo waqasha uthisha ogama lakhe linguLizzie Lee Hawkins. Wayenothando nge “Waverley Novels” kaSir Walter Scott futhi waqamba isikole ngokuthi “iWaveley Hill.” Yilapho kwavela khona igama le-Waverly Hills Sanatorium.

Isifo sofuba – ngezinye izikhathi esibizwa ngokuthi “Isifo Esiyimfihlo” —sasiphenduka ubhadane eKentucky. Lokhu kwaholela ekwakhiweni kweWaverly Hills Sanatorium, eyaqala ngo-1908. IBoard of Tuberculosis yathenga umhlaba wokwakha isibhedlela okwakungokuqala esasinohlaka oluyizitezi ezimbili olwenzelwe ukuhlalisa iziguli zeSifo Sofuba ngokuphepha.

Ngo-Agasti 31, 1912, zonke iziguli Ezinesifo Sofuba ezisuka esibhedlela sasedolobheni zathuthelwa ematendeni esikhashana atholakala emagcekeni aseWaverly Hills njengoba isibhedlela sasedolobheni sasigcwele iziguli zeTB futhi singahlonyiselwe ukubhekana nokutheleka kweziguli.

Ukunwetshwa kwesibhedlela kwase kuqalile ngamacala athuthukisiwe okuhlala ezinye iziguli ezingama-40. Ngo-1914, i-pavilion yezingane yanezelwa neminye imibhede engama-50. Lokhu kwenyuse ikhono lesibhedlela lokugcina iziguli eziyi-130. Iwadi lezingane alakhelwanga kuphela ukuhlalisa izingane ngesifo sofuba, kodwa nangezingane ezinabazali abahlaselwe yilesi sifo. Isibhedlela savulwa ngoJulayi 26, 1910, ngokugcwele.

Lapho nje iziguli, odokotela nabahlengikazi bengena esikhungweni baba yizakhamizi bahlala ngaphakathi kweSanatorium. Lo bekungumphakathi ozinakekelayo onekhodi yawo ye-zip. Bazilimela okwabo ukudla, futhi baba nesiteshi sabo somsakazo.

Ama-sanatoriums ngaleso sikhathi ayakhiwe emagqumeni aphakeme azungezwe ngamahlathi ukudala ukuthula nomoya othulile. Kwakucatshangwa ukuthi umoya ohlanzekile, ukudla okumnandi, nokukhanya kwelanga kuzosiza ekwelapheni lesi sifo kanye nokuqondiswa kwezokwelapha okunekhono. Abasebenzi benza konke okusemandleni ukugcina umoya uphakeme futhi kugcina iziguli zijabule. Lokhu futhi bekucatshangwa ukuthi kugcina iziguli ziphila isikhathi eside futhi zinganqotshwa yilesi sifo.

Izinqubo ezivivinywa ezigulini ngodokotela zazimbi njengalesi sifo uqobo. Iziguli eziningi azisindanga kulezi zindlela zokuhlola zokwelapha. Ukwelashwa okumbalwa kwakuhlanganisa iLobectomy ne-Pneumectomy okwakuhilela odokotela ngokuhlinzwa bekhipha izingxenye ezithambile zephaphu futhi kwesinye isikhathi iphaphu lonke.

Enye inqubo, iThoracoplasty, kwakungukususwa kwamathambo ezimbambo eziningana odongeni lwesifuba ukuze kudilike iphaphu. Ngalesi sikhathi, kwakujwayelekile ukuthi isiguli esijwayelekile sidinge ukuthi kususwe izimbambo eziyi-7-8.

Kwakukhona futhi ne- “Sun-treatment” eyayinomqondo wokuthi uma isiguli sigeza elangeni kuzosiza ukubulala amagciwane abanga i-TB. Odokotela babephinde bafake ibhaluni emaphashini eziguli bese bewagcwalisa ngomoya ukuze basize ukuphefumula kwabo. Ngeshwa, lezi zinqubo bezingasebenzi futhi kwaholela ekutholeni ikhambi langempela.

Abasebenzi bazamile ukugcina isimo sesineke ngokuvumela abathandekayo babo ukuthi bavakashele. Kwakunosuku lokuvakasha lapho amalungu omndeni wesiguli ayengangena khona esikhungweni avakashele abathandekayo babo abagulayo, bengazi ngaleso sikhathi ukuthi lesi kwakuyisifo esisemoyeni.

Ngeshwa, iningi leziguli alikwenzanga ukuthi liphile lisuka e-Waverly Hills. Izinga lokufa lalicishe libe 1 lokufa ngosuku, inani elakhula kakhulu njengoba lesi sifo sasakazeka. Ukuze kuvinjelwe iziguli ukuthi zingaboni izidumbu zeziguli ezifile, kwakhiwa isigaxa esikhethekile esibizwa nge- “The Body Chute”, esivumela ukuthi abafileyo bakhishwe ebusuku. Kwakukhona ujantshi wesitimela owawuya ngqo ngemuva kweSanatorium, lapho okhiye babegcina khona, futhi izidumbu zazilayishwa esitimeleni bese zisuswa.

Okunye kokuzingelwa okuningi okubikwe eWavely Hills Sanitorium kubandakanya umfana omncane ogama lakhe linguTimmy obonwe ephethe ibhola lesikhumba futhi kucatshangwa ukuthi uwele ophahleni lapho izingane bezizodlala khona. Kube nophenyo olwaqhubeka ukuthola ukuthi ngabe uTimmy ududuliwe noma wawa ophahleni futhi akukho lutho olwake lwathathwa.

Enye indaba ifaka iGumbi 502, lapho umhlengikazi oyinhloko ayezohlala khona.

Ngo-1928 watholakala eseshonile egumbini lakhe, kuthiwa wayezibulala ngokuzilengisa epayipini elalivele obala noma kulayini okhanyayo. Wayeneminyaka engama-29 ubudala, ekhulelwe futhi engashadile. Kuthiwa wayecindezelekile ngalesi simo futhi wazibulala. Omunye umhlengikazi, okwathi kamuva wakwiGumbi 502, kwakucatshangwa ukuthi weqe esitezi esiphezulu waze washona, yize kucatshangwa ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi wayeduduliwe. Abukho ubufakazi bokufakazela eyodwa. Lokhu kumane nje kungukuphakanyiswa okumbalwa okubhalwe phansi esibhedlela.

Isibhedlela savalwa ngo-1961 ngemuva kokutholakala kwe-antibiotic, iStreptomycin, eyelapha i-TB. Lapho iziguli sezinikezwe le khambi, kancane kancane isibhedlela sathululwa. Ngemuva kokuvalwa kweSanatorium, yahlukaniswa yabe seyivulwa kabusha njengesikhungo sezempilo esibizwa ngeWoodhaven Geriatric Centre, seziguli ezinokuwohloka komqondo nezingakwazi ukuhamba. owavalwa ngo-1981. Isibhedlela sisavaliwe kuze kube namuhla.