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    "id": 12701,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/12701/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kambi",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Medical Services",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 39,
        "legal_name": "Samuel Kazungu Kambi",
        "slug": "samuel-kambi"
    },
    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) There are five operational air ambulances in Kenya whose capacity and respective owners are as follows:- (i) Cessna 551 Citation Bravo with a capacity of eight passengers and it is owned by AMREF. (ii) Cessna 208 B Grand Caravan with a capacity of 13 passengers and it is owned by AMREF. (iii) Beechcraft Super King Air/B200 with a capacity of ten passengers and is owned by AMREF. (iv) Aerospeciale Ecurevil B2 helicopter with a capacity of four passengers and is owned by AMREF. (v) Helicopter B0-105 with a capacity of four passengers and it belongs to the Kenya Police Air Wing. The evacuation equipment in them is as follows:- Cardiac monitor, defibrillator, ventilator, pulse oximeter, automated sphygmanometer, automatic suction unit, scoop stretcher and full body size vacuum mattress, infusion pump, endtracheal intubation equipment, chest drainage equipment, traction splints and neck collars, extrication devise, neo-natal transport incubator, pediatric and neo-natal resuscitation equipment, oxygen masks with non-rebreather reservoirs, airways and nasal cannulae, spinal board, scoop stretcher, glucometer, oxygen cylinder and diagnostic set. (b)The Ministry of Medical Services has one serviceable helicopter (air ambulance) Eurocopter BQ105 CBS placed in the Kenya Police Airwing. Currently, it is grounded due to operational and maintenance limitations on the part of the Ministry. In comparison, other owners have helicopters as follows:- The Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) has two helicopters. The Kenya Police Air Wing has seven. The Kenya Defence Forces has 37 (utility not scout or attack) and private individuals who can lease theirs to emergency and medical evacuation are estimated to be ten."
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