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    "id": 1567435,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "I now want to talk about the issue of negligence that happened to Annita Jepkorir at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH). We have to appreciate that apart from the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), there are other two referral hospitals outside Nairobi. It is sad when you listen to the story. The management of MTRH and the people who did the operation, led by Dr. Ondigo, did not even have empathy to the parents of Annita Jepkorir. In as much as some deaths are not preventable, that case was preventable. I am happy that Members of the Committee on Health, led by Sen. Mandago who happens to hail from the same county where that death happened--- He was the Governor at that time because it happened in 2021. It is unfortunate that there was disjointed communication before, during and even after the operation. It should be noted that MTRH, which is one of the biggest referral hospitals outside Nairobi, has poor record-keeping by the people who admitted and those who released the girl. There was no proper trail of records since the patient was admitted, during the surgical procedure and recovery period and after the patient was released from the hospital. That is embarrassing! In this era of technology, I would have expected the Sen. Mandago-led Committee to call out MTRH for having a poor record-keeping practice. In fact, the young people who insult, demean and criticize leaders on social media should get jobs at MTRH to keep health records, so that we are not embarrassed by deaths that occur out of medical negligence. I would have expected the committee led by Sen. Mandago to indicate in this report that MTRH must be called out for poor record- keeping. In this era of technology, it should have been easy to do referrals and ensure that the patient is well taken care of. That death should have been prevented."
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