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    "id": 1239121,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kisang",
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        "legal_name": "William Kipkemoi Kisang",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to make some comments on this one although I wanted to make on the earlier one. I remember during the COVID-19 pandemic, we had many issues. We did not know that oxygen was really something that we needed. During that time, I remember counties were given resources to set up Intensive Care Units (ICUs) and oxygen plants. It is important we ensure that each of our referral county hospitals have oxygen plants. It is not very difficult to put up an oxygen plant and do piping in all the wards where our patients require oxygen. We can put conditional resources when we are allocating resources to the counties so that most of our emergency facilities in the counties have oxygen. This is an essential and a priority. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I agree with the Senator that we need to do something urgently. We can set time aside to audit and ensure that the Governors and the Executives at the counties comply so that we have oxygen. National referral hospitals such as the Kenyatta National Hospital, Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital, Kenyatta University Teaching and Referral Hospital and Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) in Uasin Gishu County should have enough oxygen. In some cases, patients are referred from the referral hospitals to private hospitals because they do not have enough oxygen. This is a good Statement that we need to look into. The Committee needs to report back to the house so that we know the actual status. I hope that in the next financial year, we can give conditional resources as a grant to put up oxygen plants in the counties. I am happy to report that I was in my county"
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