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    "id": 639991,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Chae",
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        "legal_name": "Alice Nyanchoka Chae",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to voice my sentiments regarding this Motion that has been brought before us by our dear lady, Hon. Gladys Wanga. The Motion is about establishment of cancer centres in the country. The centres have been proposed and I know that they will be equipped with very many radiotherapy machines. The facilities in our referral hospitals have been overused and are aging. It is time we ensured that our county hospitals are catered for. This is the only way that we can decongest KNH. You have heard that many cancer patients are dying before they access doctors. When patients line up and are blocked by hospital staff, they do not know what is happening. They look for those services but they cannot see the doctors because their appointments are not due. A patient’s life is endangered when he or she is told to wait for 12 or 18 months before seeing a doctor. According to my statistics, about 41,000 new cases come up. These are the patients who access medical facilities. There are those dying in their homes. After screening, they are told it is cancer and they are supposed to go for further medication. This is the case and yet they cannot come to Nairobi. That is why many Members say that they have been called to ensure that they fundraise for their constituents to go to hospitals and most of them do not make it. Going by the statistics that Hon. Gladys has given, that the people who have been tasked to ensure that Kenyans are treated are below 20, it is shocking. People will continue losing their lives if we do not ensure that the Government invests in manpower so that our counties have specialists who will give proper treatment. The specialist will manage these centres so that our people access treatment at the right time."
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