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    "id": 1323892,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dagoretti South, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Kiarie",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, it is a great honour to have the first position to add my voice in support of this amendment by Hon. Rahim Dawood, Member for Imenti Central. My excitement is informed by the fact that any effort towards alleviating the pain caused by cancer in this country is welcome. Cancer has become a calamity in this country. This dangerous killer is not only a painful experience for the patient, but also for the caregivers, families and others. The effort by Hon. Rahim is seeking to amend the principal Act by inserting new definitions. It seeks to define e-health as the combined use of electronic communication and information technology in the health sector. It also seeks to define telemedicine as the provision of healthcare services and sharing of medical knowledge over distance using telecommunication, including consultative, diagnostic and treatment services. There is also an effort to amend the principal Act by enacting regulations that will govern the use of e-health and telemedicine platforms in Kenya. As I said, cancer is proving to be a calamity. Whenever a family has a cancer patient, they could be one ailment or chemotherapy treatment away from poverty. This disease has become extremely expensive to control, manage and treat. We welcome efforts to adopt technology in alleviating some of the pain that is faced by patients, caregivers, guardians and families. Hon. Temporary Speaker, your alma mater, Kenyatta University, has since instituted the very impressive Kenyatta University Teaching and Referral Hospital. It has advanced technology called CyberKnife, which is able to attend to cancer growths without any penetration to the skin. It is a non-invasive way to attend to tumours and malignant growths in cancer patients without tearing the skin. Such technology should be recognised as a great effort in the treatment of cancer where possible. This amendment seeks to take advantage of technology so that diagnosis, management and treatment of cancer can be done remotely. A patient will not be required to physically move to where the oncologist is based for care and treatment, whether they are in areas like Tunyai, Chiakariga or Mitunguu in Tharaka Nithi. They will be able to get specialised attention from very accomplished oncologists like Dr Kiarie. They will not need to travel to The Nairobi Hospital or other hospitals in Nairobi for The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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