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    "id": 1567469,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Veronica Maina",
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    "content": "Kenya is known to supply doctors and nurses to South Sudan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. So, to whom much is given much, much is expected. This Report should be studied by the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council, the Kenya Medical Association and associations that bring doctors, nurses, laboratory technicians and all health service providers together. It should not be looked so much with a critical eye, but they should reflect on the service that they offer. If they are the lead in the region and get to serve in the international level, then much more will be demanded of them. When they do that, we can fly our flag high and say that both our legislation and the practice they are doing in Kenya and outside is acceptable and meets the international standards. I once again want to recount the provisions of Article 43 of the Constitution of Kenya that provides that every person has the right to the highest attainable standard of health. This includes right to health care services and reproductive health care. I also want to note that in the Republic of Kenya, we have a national patient's rights charter that holds that all people have the right to good health and quality health care. This includes right to access health care, right to receive emergency treatment in any health facility, right to be informed of all the provisions of one’s medical scheme or health insurance policy like Social Health Authority (SHA). That is why the public has been informed about the services provided under SHA or TAIFA Care. They also have the right to choose a health care provider and right to the highest attainable quality health care products and services. The last right I have mentioned talks to the quality of drugs we should have in the country. They also have the right to refuse treatment though I do not know how far that right can be pushed because one must caution themselves. One can probably refuse treatment because they do not believe in it. They have a right to confidentiality, right to informed consent to treatment, right to information concerning one's health and health care and right to be treated with respect and dignity. At this point, I am thinking of women who give birth in hospitals. Many women complain of being mistreated or not being handled properly in labour wards. Some even say that they do not feel fully supported during the process of childbirth. They have a right to be treated with respect and dignity, right to second medical opinion, right to complain about health care, right to have their complaint investigated and to receive a full response thereafter, right to insurance coverage without discrimination and right to donate their organ or other arrangement they would wish to have upon their demise. There are people who will that on their demise, their bodies can be used for research or anything else and that is noted under the National Patients' Right Charter."
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