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    "content": "Through the Managed Equipment Services (MES) Project, my administration has supplied 1,241 pieces of specialised medical equipment with 113 hospitals being equipped in the 47 counties at a cost of Kshs43 billion. In 2013 when I took over, there were only 26 dialysis machines countrywide. Today, that number stands at 603. Those machines have thus far benefitted 383,622 patients and through the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) scheme, they have saved Kenyans approximately Kshs2.3 billion. Similarly, we have increased the number of radiology and imaging machines across the Republic. Using the health insurance scheme, this has benefitted 4,534,822 patients and saved Kenyans a total of Kshs47.6 billion. Hon. Speakers, to add another arrow in our agenda on the management of cancerous parts of our Universal Health Coverage (UHC), about one month ago, I presided over the official opening of the Integrated Molecular Imaging Centre at the Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral and Research Hospital. The ground-breaking facility is not just a first of its kind in Kenya, but for the entire Sub-Saharan region. As a result, many of our patients suffering from cancer will now have the benefit of early detection leading to early treatment and cure, thus saving many lives. This will in turn relieve our families of acute financial stress and burden that comes with a cancer diagnosis and the physical and emotional burden that comes along with the management of the disease."
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