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    "id": 1235886,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Buuri, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mugambi Rindikiri",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support this Bill that has been brought by my friend. This Bill seeks to insert a new section to the Health Act 2017. The Member is seeking to insert a section relating to the referral system. I agree with the amendment on referral within and outside the country. As it is right now, there is no clear system of referring a patient from a local institution to another or even outside the country. Hon. Temporary Speaker, we have a very serious problem at the Ministry of Health. It is the Ministry that is charged with the responsibility of managing the health sector in this country, but it is also where you find the largest number of cartels and misuse of public resources. When I hear the Principal Secretary saying that they need to be given time to deliberate on something that started in 2014, I can only say it is a joke! The health sector is a serious one in this county and we need to be sensitive to the needs of the people. I am of the opinion that we start urging and pushing the Government now to have a referral hospital in every sub-county. I have had cases where a public health centre is referring a patient to a private hospital knowing very well that there is a public sub-county hospital. It is a serious problem. Some of those people are not only doctors, but also clinical officers. You find a clinical officer making a referral. Why? Because the sector is not well programmed such that the doctors take full responsibility."
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