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    "id": 1371293,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kavindu Muthama",
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        "legal_name": "Agnes Kavindu Muthama",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this report of the Standing Committee on Health. I agree with that report and support it. This runs across all the 47 counties in the country. When people go to hospitals, they cannot be treated despite some of them being seriously sick and need special and immediate medical attention to save their lives. The Bill of Rights says that everyone is entitled to healthcare. As such, they should be treated. It is so sad that somebody would be taken to hospital and die in the process of admission simply because they have no money for a deposit or down payment. All these counties are given money. I believe that some percentage of this money is meant for medical attention in hospitals. I do not see why they should not treat people until they die. Another issue that runs across all the counties is that of ambulances. A sick person calls for an ambulance from home and they told, first, to send money for fuel. These people did not know when they were going to fall sick. Many of them do not have money to buy food leave alone fueling ambulances due to the current economic situation. I wonder why counties cannot fuel ambulances. Why do they buy them if they cannot fuel them to pick people and take them to hospital? On the issues of deaths, we have one case in Machakos where one of the children was taken to hospital walking. They were going to be operated on a growth, which was on the hand. That child died mysteriously. However, I thank God for the County Executive Committee Member (CECM) Health in Machakos. He wrote to the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council (KMPDC) to come and investigate that case. So, there are so many cases that should be investigated that have occurred in mysterious ways that the bereaved members cannot understand. I am also calling upon the KMPDC to move with speed and investigate theses matters in Machakos, Kiambu and any other hospital so that the bereaved can be at peace knowing what caused the death of their people. I support."
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