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    "id": 1294944,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 170,
        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Now, with this Bill, all that the nurse would have needed is to key in the details of this mother and realize that the mother at that time did not get a tetanus injection. It is lifesaving. It also speaks to the life-threatening conditions of allergies. If at the first incidence, a patient, usually children, are exposed to drugs that cause allergic reactions, for example, sulphur, those reactions will be recorded and this child will be prohibited from being exposed to sulphur-containing medications. When that record is on the computer, it means that every time this child appears before another medical person, it will be about keying in and the person will know that this child should not be given this kind of injection. That will have saved lives. Exposing a child can sometimes be fatal. Another advantage of this Bill is to save on wasteful expenditure. We will have consultations with specialists who are very hard to get. Doctors in this country are hard to come, not to mention the specialist. So, if a child has had an opportunity to be carried from Lwakhakha village in Sirisia, from Buyomboli Village in Ikolomani to Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret and they access a specialist, the opinion of that specialist must remain on paper. Should the child be presented before a junior medical practitioner, then they are already guided by a previous opinion of that specialist. Mr. Temporary, Speaker, Sir, we have got illnesses that run through families. We call them hereditary diseases. Things like this include sickle cell anaemia and so forth. Once an opinion has been made, it will remain on the computer and will give the patients on subsequent visits an opportunity to get better management. With those few remarks, this is a technical Bill, I urge all colleagues to trust me and the letter spirit of the Bill. We all should rally behind the Bill and pass it unamended. With those many remarks, I second the Bill as moved by the Senate Majority Leader. Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir."
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