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    "id": 1371302,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Maanzo",
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        "legal_name": "Maanzo Daniel Kitonga",
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    "content": "patients at that level or refer patients to KNH or other places in accordance with the need of surgery or whoever can make sure that the patient is assisted. We are calling for efficiency and for more medical personnel to be hired. It was only after I raised the alarm that the County Public Service Board (CPSB) in Makueni then advertised some of these medics’ jobs. Unfortunately, they have been sleeping on their job until some people had to die. Consequently, these cases are many. Unfortunately, I want to say this as a lawyer, it is very difficult to prosecute a doctor for medical negligence. I am sure my good friend, Sen. Dr. Khalwale, will bear me witness that the most difficult thing on earth, not just in Kenya, but the whole world, is to prosecute a medical doctor. How do you establish the negligence as another doctor has to testify? If you terrorize one doctor who has taken oath to save lives and was doing their level best to save a life, where do you go when you get sick? This is where the biggest challenge is. In as much as you want to contain and control these cases of negligence, you will have to deal with the doctor another day. It could be your child, friend or yourself. Therefore, if you have been terrorizing doctors around, you will obviously be branded, named and when doctors see you, probably they may not handle you with the kindness you may deserve. We call upon the medical profession, the counties and even the national hospitals to really equip the doctors sufficiently. Many doctors are willing to serve. In fact, most kind surgeons or doctors you will meet in hospitals went to school with me at Starehe Boys’ Centre. Doctor Griffin used to make sure he trained as many surgeons as possible. Many times I go to hospitals and these young men tell me, we were in school with them. One time, my son was going through surgery and I realized that Mr. Otieno who was the main surgeon went to school with me. He was just one year ahead of me. He really took care of my son; I felt at peace and he came out safely. Many people do not meet kind doctors. You may find a doctor who is under pressure, mishandled by the counties and has no morale to feel comfortable. Doctors must be made comfortable in this country. Just like lawyers, they begin their careers very badly with very small salaries in the district hospitals, in an uncaring county government. A doctor has been in the university for seven years, yet he has a very little salary to begin with. They grow and establish their own clinics to run separately from where they work. Surgeons have not been very lucky with patients most of the time. Patients do pass on. It is also good for us and the public to expect that when a doctor is doing their level best, life is likely to be lost. You cannot entirely pin down a doctor. Most of them mean well. Even the mistreated or demoralised ones still do their level best to save lives. We can only plead and urge them that wherever there is a case, despite the difficult situations, to do their level best. You remember the sad story of a young man whose father was trying to save him. He was a medical student who was about to become a doctor, but got sick. The"
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