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    "id": 1239115,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1239115/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kibwana",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 277,
        "legal_name": "Kibwana Kivutha",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No. 53(1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Health concerning claims of shortage of oxygen in Kenya's Emergency Care Facilities. In the Statement, the Committee should- (1) Shed light on reports that over 30 per cent of emergency care centres in the country do not have regular supply of oxygen and that close to 90 per cent of those with oxygen do not have piped oxygen in the emergency department or that which is delivered directly from the tanks to the patient. (2) Provide the estimated cost of providing adequate oxygen supply to all public hospitals and emergency care facilities in the country. (3) State the amount of funds used to purchase refill of compressed and cryogenic oxygen, acquisition of tanks and cylinders, installation of high-volume Pressure Swing Absorption (PSA) oxygen generation plants and piping and installation of manifolds as well as oxygen outlets to health facilities, stating the specific numbers purchased in the last five years. (4) Probe these claims of shortage of oxygen, stating tangible actions that can be taken to expand access to medical liquid oxygen over the long term and recommend interventions to permanently respond to this dire state of health in emergency care in the country."
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