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    "id": 1012208,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Halake",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13184,
        "legal_name": "Abshiro Soka Halake",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Report from the Standing Committee on Health. This is a sad situation. It is not only sad for that particular person, but the fact that this is rampant everywhere since our hospitals have become callous, they cannot treat anybody and people are suffering in this country. At the Kenyatta National Hospital, recently we saw health workers on strike. People had to go and literally treat their people. How many of those have died? In my county Isiolo, many people have had their arms and limbs amputated because of negligence. People are left with injuries and other forms of illnesses without care. I sometimes wonder what became of the oath that our doctors have taken. Are these hospitals owned by doctors, or by business people? We need to have some sort of legislation where if one owns a hospital, he or she must take an oath as a doctor. This is because we are seeing disconnect between the humanity of health and the businesses in our hospitals. What this House needs to do for a long term and sustainable solution to some of these issues is to come up with some sort of legislation where there is a basic minimum service that must be given to anybody who shows up in any hospital regardless of the money they will give. If somebody has to come up with a hospital as a private sector investor, there must be a content of a doctor who has gone through training and taken oath. Madam Deputy Speaker, it is unacceptable during this day and age, especially during this COVID-19 times to find people being turned away and told to go home with life threatening diseases and when they die, nothing happens. There has never been a consequence for medical negligence or people mishandling the citizens. The person who was neglected in this manner was not a poor person or a person who is at the bottom of the social strata. It was a person like you and I. Can you imagine what the common mwananchi goes through on a daily basis that is not highlighted in this House? For that reason, this House should look into this and come up with certain a legislative or legal framework that will protect the poor. I support and submit. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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