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    "id": 1558066,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1558066/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mukurweini, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kagucia John",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, I want to follow up on the concern raised by Hon. Chepkonga concerning ICU beds. The answer given here on the Question by Hon. Kawanjiku is that the ICU bed cost per day has been raised from Ksh4,000 to Ksh28,000. We got a Circular on 15th of December 2024 where the Ministry stated that the maximum you can get for an ICU bed is, I think, Ksh4,400, and that the lowest would be Ksh3,300. We do not have any other circular that has cancelled, improved or changed that particular one. Let me practically demonstrate that. On Thursday last week, Mr Ng’ang’a Kigochi, who hails from Mutonga Karaba Sub-location in Mukurweini Constituency, was admitted at Mukurweini Hospital. He went into a coma and was supposed to be transferred to an ICU bed. The only ICU bed that was available was in Mathari Hospital and Tumutumu Hospital. Mr Ng’ang’a Kigochi could not be transferred from Mukurweini Hospital to either of those two hospitals because they all required a deposit of Ksh80,000 for the patient to be admitted to ICU. Eventually, the patient died in the process of getting him an ICU bed. The family had been forced to pay between Ksh60,000 to Ksh80,000 for him to be admitted to ICU. 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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