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    "id": 1477497,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Osotsi",
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        "id": 13588,
        "legal_name": "Osotsi Godfrey Otieno",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I want to comment on a statement by the Senator of Kakamega County, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, on the matter of medical negligence at Vihiga County Referral Hospital. This particular hospital is located within my county and the medical negligence matter in question is not a new. If you remember I brought a statement in this House regarding similar incidences of medical negligence and other matters touching on the general management of the hospital. The Standing Committee on Health took its time and went to that particular institution in Vihiga County and spent the whole day there. They came, interrogated the Governor and made a report. I am concerned that the Vihiga County Government has not started to implement significant aspects of that report. The only thing I have seen that they are trying hard to do is completion of the so-called Doctor's Plaza. However, the other serious management issues, including cases of medical negligence, are largely untouched. This particular lady who has died as a result of medical negligence, Ms. Dephina Lihuechi Salago, comes from Kakamega County. There are others who have gone through this kind of incident. I call upon the Standing Committee on Health to go back to that particular hospital in Vihiga County because it is increasingly becoming a crime scene, where corruption, negligence, poor management of the hospital facility thrives. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and Audio Services,Senate."
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