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    "id": 1294260,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1294260/?format=api",
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Maanzo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Maanzo Daniel Kitonga",
        "slug": "maanzo-daniel-kitonga"
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    "content": "However, the way things are currently, it is very manual and even the past records of the patient cannot be retrieved. The moment everything is in a digital form, you are likely to find out the history of the patient. In the event that particular patient had collapsed or just had an accident and is unable to talk, it is easier to pick that information from data. Therefore, once you picked that it is easier to know how to treat or deal with that particular patient. The moment things are in a data or digital form, which can be accessed electronically, then it makes it easy also to effect payments. In the event the patient is insured, then it is safer for the hospital and the hospital can proceed without first demanding that money be paid before the patient is attend to. The moment the hospital is able to get information from the database on the insurance cover of that particular patient, it makes it much easier to process the patient and serve the patient and for the hospital to be paid. Now, this applies to public hospitals, the referring hospitals and the private hospitals, such that the data of the patient can used in those instances. The whole idea is to make health very accommodating and efficient. There is also the issue of health tourism where people come to seek medical assistance in our country. This has happened before as we have seen people travel from Burundi and other countries to come and be assisted in our private or public hospitals here. The moment the patient is treated here, obviously their data will be captured on record. You will be able to know or monitor how many patients have come to Kenya for health tourism. Therefore, from the service, they have been given, then they may refer the hospital to more people and with that sort of data, then you are able to predict how to improve the health services to make them better. Additionally, health is very important and in emergency cases, you need to attend to the patient immediately. It really helps when the doctor can get the medical history of that patient as fast as possible, instead of waiting until the relatives come or the patient gains consciousness. I think this is where life matters and is critical. At the same time, people have lost their lives. One of the biggest challenges in hospitals in Kenya has been cases where patients sustain injuries in an accident and they need to undergo a CT scan. Consequently, they have to be scanned and then that information is processed. The experts of reading scans are very few in the country."
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