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"speaker_name": "Mukurweini, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Kaguchia John",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. It is important to note something. Once a patient is admitted to a hospital, the institution bears the responsibility of ensuring that the security of that patient is guaranteed. The direction the investigation is taking suggests that the bed mate or neighbour may have been involved in terminating this patient’s life. There are very important questions that linger in mind. How did this patient have a knife in the hospital? How was this possible? Another suspicious issue is that the hospital has continued to demand that the poor family pays bills for the time the patient had been there yet this patient was in the custody of the hospital treating him when his life was terminated in the same hospital. This family has no way of raising money. It cannot pay those bills. I am wondering whether it is right for the hospital to go ahead to demand payment after failing to guarantee his security. He was killed while admitted in hospital. Even as a matter of mercy and corporate social responsibility by the hospital, you should direct that the hospital lift all the bills from this patient so that the family can bury him."
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"content": "Hon. Kaguchia, Hon. Esther Passaris who brought the request is disputing your assertion that there is demand to pay the bills."
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"speaker_name": "Mukurweini, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Kaguchia John",
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"content": " Hon. Speaker, this patient died while in hospital."
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"content": "Order, Hon. Kaguchia. Take your seat. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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"speaker_name": "Endebess, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose",
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"content": " I got in touch with Dr Njoroge Kamuri who is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) while Hon. Kaguchia was raising the issue. Dr Njoroge Kamuri informed me that relatives of the patient went to the hospital yesterday. The hospital informed them that it would waive mortuary and ward fees. Everything would be waived. However, they continued to demand seeing how much would be waived. They went with their bill. As per now, the hospital will waive mortuary fees. They do not have to pay anything because the hospital will waive medical bills. You can just organise and have the body transported without paying anything to the hospital."
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"content": "Yes, Hon. Kaguchia."
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"speaker_name": "Mukurweini, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Kaguchia John",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. That would be refreshing because the brief I heard from the family was that they were being pushed into paying bills. I have visited them, and I have been in touch with them and the clergy several times. I have also been in touch with Dr Kamuri. He had not made any such commitments. I believe he is serious if indeed, he has made that commitment to the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Health. It is on The Hansard now. He should ensure that the bill is waived."
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"content": "Hon. Passaris, do you want to pursue this again?"
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"speaker_name": "Nairobi City County, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Esther Passaris",
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"content": " With the way Hon. (Dr) Nyikal talked, I feel that the patient next to Gilbert is a suspect. For me, I noted that a knife with blood was found near the hospital. I recently saw something in South Africa. Similarly, they have high crime rates like Kenya. The police should give updated reports on a weekly or daily basis, especially on such sensitive cases, so that we are not left speculating on whether it is this way or that way. If the patient next to Gilbert had mental issues and Gilbert was vulnerable because he was suffering from bedsores, the hospital still has a duty of care. I confirm that the family has said that the bills are being waived. Although we are happy about that, it is not enough. The children need to go to school. Susan needs to make sure she is able to sustain herself. We should be talking about compensation because we should lead by example. The family needs to be compensated. I do not see the investigations going anywhere, especially if the patient next to him has not been charged yet he is the prime suspect. Thank you."
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"content": "Yes, Hon. Kajwang’."
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