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    "id": 1156720,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1156720/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Bumula, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mwambu Mabongah",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13309,
        "legal_name": "Moses Wekesa Mwambu Mabonga",
        "slug": "moses-wekesa-mwambu-mabonga-2"
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    "content": "stabilise the patient and make arrangements for a referral commits an offence. I will be making proposals on the kinds of offences. With the recommendations and input of this House on this Bill, I will appreciate if we get it right on this Bill and ensure that our public hospitals and medical officers work. Medical officers do a lot of work. At times when you go to the reception of public hospitals, you are handled by subordinate staff who may not understand the conditions of a patient. We may end up losing a life. For the purpose of Section 7, emergency medical treatment shall include the following: (a) Pre-hospital care; (b) stabilising the health status of an individual; or (c) arranging for referral in cases where the health provider of first call does not have facilities or capability to stabilise the health status of the victim. I propose that any medical institution that fails to provide emergency medical treatment while having the ability to do so commits an offence and it is liable upon conviction to a fine not exceeding three million shillings. If these amendments are captured, I am sure we will provide just the basic of what the citizens of this country require most. If we build good roads and good schools then we have a sick nation, who will use those good facilities? We must have proper medical care for all citizens in this country for us to be proud as Kenyans. With those few remarks, I beg to move and request my good friend, Dr. Robert Pukose, the Member for Endebess to second."
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