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    "id": 1294422,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1294422/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Tabitha Keroche",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I rise to support the Digital Health Bill. This is one of the Bills that this House will state that it came together to pass for the benefit of our people on the ground. It will ensure efficiency when our doctors are treating their patients. We have seen some shocking headlines where somebody is admitted to be operated on their knee and end up on the theatre table with his head being operated on. It will also aid in reducing the cost of treatment to the patient. When a patient visits a hospital, the doctor will have all the records of the patient on their history and will not need to tell him to visit the next hospital. This will reduce the cost and time doctors take when treating patients, especially places where there are no hospitals. We have visited places with few hospitals and witnessed long queues of people waiting for days to be treated. A good example would be the Kenyatta National Hospital. This will reduce the queues drastically. When we pass this Bill, it will indicate a sign that Kenya is joining the developed world. Africa is developing. By passing this Bill, we will ensure we are joining the developed world. The shortage of medicine we witness in hospitals where patients line up to be treated and, in the end, they are told to go home because of lack of medicine. This Bill will ensure we maintain the stock levels of medicines in our hospitals. All what our people want to hear is that they can walk in a hospital and get treatment within few minutes and leave hospital with the medicine they went for."
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