Ko e Pule’anga Fakatu’i ‘o Tonga ‘oku nau mo’ui’aki ‘a e ngaahi tefito’i ‘ulungaanga ‘o e faka’apa’apa, loto fiefoaki, loto hounga’ia, mo e ‘ofa. Ko e feitu’u eni na’e fanau’i ai ‘a e ‘Amanaki Fo’ou ke tokoni ki hono fakafepaki’i ‘a e ngaahi nunu’a fakalilifu ‘o e fokoutua faka’auha ‘o e suka kuo ne kapui hono kotoa ‘o e fonua.
Lau ‘a e peesi ko ‘eni ‘i he:
Ko e mafola lahi ko ia ‘a e fokoutua suka ‘i Tonga kuo liunga ua ia talu mei he 1973. Kapau ‘e hokohoko pehe atu ai pe ‘e ne tupu, ko e toko 1 mei he toko 3 kotoa pe ‘o e kakai tonga ‘e lava ke nau mo’ua he fokoutua suka ‘i loto he ta’u ‘e 10.
Koe’uhi ko e ngaahi ako fakafaito’o mei he ‘Amanaki Fo’ou, ko e loloa ko ia ‘o e nofo falemahaki ‘a kinautolu kuo uesia honau ngaahi va’e ‘i he ngaahi palopalema ‘o e fokoutua suka kuo holo ia mei he mahina ‘e 2 ki he ‘aho pe ‘e ua.
Ko e toko 20 ‘o e kau memipa ‘o e kau neesi mahu’inga taha ki he ngaue, kuo ‘osi ma’u ‘enau fakamo’oni ako mei he Kautaha Fakafonua ki hono Tokanga’i ‘a e Ngaahi Lavea ‘i ha polokalama ne ‘osi fakangofua.
Ko e a’u mai ki he ‘aho ni kuo fe’unga mo e ngaahi famili ‘e toko 180 kuo ‘osi to ‘enau ngaahi ngoue ‘i ha ngaahi ngoue’anga ne langa ma’olunga ke tokoni ki hono fakafe’iloaki ‘o e to ‘o e ngaahi vesitapolo fakalotofonua ki he’enau ngaahi palani feime’atokoni.
Ko e kau tangata mo e kau fefine ‘e toko 75 ne ‘osi ako’i kinautolu ki he fakamalohisino fakaelopiki.
Ko e ma’u’anga tokoni lelei taha ‘oku mau ma’u ke fa’u’aki ha kaha’u ‘oku hao mei he fokoutua suka ko kitautolu pe. Tatau pe pe ‘oku ke fai ha foaki, pe foaki ho taimi, pe tokoni kiate kimautolu ki hono fakamafola ‘a e ongoongo ‘i he initaneti, ‘oku mau fiema’u koe ke ke hoko ko ha memipa ‘o ‘emau komiuniti fakamamani lahi ki he ngaue tokoni ‘ofa.
Ko e kaungangaue lelei ‘oku ne fakahoko ‘a e fu’u faikehekehe lahi.
Chair of Treatment Team
Co-founder of ‘Amanaki Fo’ou’ with wife Andrea Ferguson
Since 2013, Rob Ferguson has been working with ministries of health, medical professionals, government leaders, and hospital and clinic staff to address the management, treatment, and education on the sequelae of diabetes. Rob is a reconstructive surgeon and hospital system medical officer with Intermountain Health (based in Salt Lake City, UT). His focus includes training teams on surgical management of diabetic complications as well as working with local teams to recruit volunteer specialists to meet their goals and needs.
Rob graduated from Brigham Young University prior to obtaining his medical degree from the University of Virginia. His surgical and specialty training programs include the University of Kentucky, MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston, TX), and Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (Taipei, Taiwan). He obtained a masters in business administration from the University of Utah.
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