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    "id": 1524133,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Endebess, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose",
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    "content": "The Committee made the following key observations from its engagements with the hospital management: 1. For improved security and safety of patients and hospital staff, the hospital should strengthen its internal security. The current focus of the hospital has largely been on external threats. 2. The ward mate of the late Gilbert Kinyua had been officially discharged by the hospital. However, he remained in the hospital since he was homeless. The said patient was being treated and had been diagnosed with diabetes and convulsions and was later taken to a shelter through the hospital's intervention. However, the shelter refused to keep the patient owing to his disruptive behaviour. 3. The patient has been experiencing convulsions, which have been medically proven to sometimes manifest where a person acts without later recalling their actions. 4. Owing to this patient's medical diagnosis, the Acting CEO of the hospital informed the Committee that the patient's fingerprints, together with the knife, had been taken to the National Registration Bureau for further investigation. 5. The prevailing security measures at the hospital were put in place after the death of a patient at the hospital 10 years ago in 2015. At that time, the hospital only had 12 CCTV cameras. Since then, the hospital has acquired and installed 331 CCTV cameras. The hospital also has 119 in-house security employees and 216 outsourced security services, as well as officers from the Kenya National Police Service. 6. The post-mortem on the body of the late Gilbert Kinyua was conducted in the presence of both Government and independent family pathologists. The samples from the post-mortem were sent to the Government Chemist for analysis. At the time of the Committee's visit to the hospital, the post-mortem results had not yet been released to the hospital, but had been handed over to the DCI. 7. The hospital receives nearly 30,000 visitors daily who should pass through a screening system that will help to prevent weapons from being brought into the hospital. The Committee made the following recommendations: 1. The DCI to urgently finalise investigations on this unfortunate death and recommend appropriate action with a view to establishing and holding accountable the person responsible for the death of Mr Gilbert Kinyua. 2. The Board of the KNH to audit the hospital's internal security systems within one month so as to identify possible security breaches, in particular internal security threats, and come up with mitigation measures for necessary implementation. 3. The report of the audit is to be shared with the Committee, which shall access the areas that may be allocated funds during the budgetary process. In conclusion, the matter is actively before the Committee. Further, the matter is under investigation by the DCI, and the suspect is still under the custody of the hospital. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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