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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
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        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to support this Motion. When doctors or clinical officers graduate, they take the Hippocratic Oath. They swear to take the patient’s life first before anything else. I condemn the act that happened at M.P. Shah Hospital. It is unfortunate that a mother lost her life and it is painful. That is something that ought to have been arrested. We have such cases in many of our hospitals. There is a case at Pumwani Maternity Hospital where a mother delivered on the ground. Thank God that the woman did not die, but both the mother and infant would have died. I would like to give my experience as a cancer survivor. When I went to India in 2013 and was diagnosed with it, it was a desperate situation. I had to sell a lot of things, including my family property. I talked to my children and they agreed that I should sell whatever plots I had and everything as long as I remained alive. I went to India for limb saving surgery. I thank God because I still have my left limb and I am sure I will be buried with it. It is unfortunate that when I was pleading in India that I had no money and told them that I had sold whatever I had, I was told that everyone who goes there sells their house, plot or everything. So, it is normal. Sometimes medics do not have feelings for patients. In such cases, patients should move on because they should be strong-willed. Madam Deputy Speaker, there is need for us to come up with a policy that will protect and indemnify patients who die in the careless hands of medics so that medics become more careful when it comes to handling patients. We also have Kenyans with chronic diseases like cancer and high blood pressure. Such chronic diseases should be factored in so that there is even a stipend for patients with cancer. The reality is that there are many cancer patients who languish in their homes with no help at all yet a lot of money lies in the health docket. There is need for the Government to do something for patients with cancer. I know of one cancer patient who is languishing in Githurai. She keeps calling and telling me that she is in a lot of pain, but she does not know what to do and there is no one to take care of her. So, the reality on the ground should reach the highest authority so that people with cancer are helped. I know there is a county that gives stipends for people with cancer. There is need for all counties to have such preparations. We need to feel the pain that Kenyans suffering from chronic diseases go through. I support the Report and hope that the NHIF will cover patients who go through cancer and dialysis, so that it is free. We have to abide by the Abuja Declaration that 50 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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