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    "id": 1036921,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Iman",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13177,
        "legal_name": "Falhada Dekow Iman",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.48 (1) to request for a Statement from the Standing Committee on Health regarding the rising cases of medical negligence and malpractice. In the Statement, the Committee should- (1) Explain circumstances that led medics at Kapkatet Sub-county Hospital to declare Mr. Peter Kigen, a resident of Bureti Constituency dead and thereafter transferring his body to the hospital’s mortuary for preservation only for the patient to be found still alive during embalming. (2) State actions, if any, taken against medical staff at the Kapkatet Sub-county Hospital who failed to properly ascertain the patient’s vital signs before erroneously declaring him dead. (3) Spell out measures put in place by the Ministry of Health and medical professional bodies to stem out medical negligence and malpractice and ensure culprits are brought to book. (4) State the functionality of mechanism, if any, set in place for reporting of cases of medical negligence to the Ministry of Health and medical profession bodies by hospitals and the public in order to ensure such cases re not under reported. (4) Advise whether there is need to review penalties associated with the medical negligence and malpractice in the view of making them tougher and deterrence against increase of such cases. I thank you. 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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