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    "content": "that we can be able to cushion our poor families? Those of us who are privileged to be Members of Parliament and County Assemblies; and top civil servants can access best medical services; and be able to pay for them. However, remember that our constituents and voters are also human beings with feelings; and are suffering down there because they cannot afford medical bills. Most of them have lost their lives and loved ones because they are not able to access proper medical care. It also beats logic that a patient must pay before admission and treatment. A medical condition is an emergency. You can faint while in this House. You may have money, but not in your pocket. You may have money, but in assets and need to dispose them first to be able to pay. However, when you are told you can die as you wait for payment; or when you are told you cannot be treated until you dispose your assets or you get the money, it then beats logic. It beats morality and all known medical oaths. When Clause 3(4) therefore, propose a Kshs3 million fine for any medical practitioner or doctor who refuses to treat a patient until they pay, then, we should support. Where did the rain start beating us on issues of our health sector? I was a student leader at the University of Nairobi during the introduction of parallel degree program. I was suspended, jailed and tortured for saying that when you charge your potential workers while training them, they will come and pass that fee to the common mwananchi . I remember complaining on a KTN News talk show that you cannot have grade A with money become grade C, and grade C topped with money becoming grade A. When parallel degree programme was introduced, when you had grade C and fortunate enough to have money, approximately Ksh4 million, you could train to be a doctor. What happens with a doctor who has trained using Ksh4 million? They will need a return on their investment. That is what we witness currently. You end up having half-baked doctors, because they paid for their degrees. But are they the best? Are they knowledgeable enough? That is what we witness and that is why there is medical tourism to India. Talking about India, there is no university there that is better, in terms of ranking, in training doctors than the University of Nairobi. But we go there because their health system is mainstreamed. We have to go further and deal with the issue of training of medical personnel. I saw it coming. I knew one day I would be vindicated. Charging while training not only medical personnel, but also engineers and architects would bring us to this quagmire. So many buildings are collapsing in the hands of half-baked engineers and architects. You see medical misdiagnosis courtesy of the parallel degree programme. Apart from what Hon. Mabongah has proposed, we The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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