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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Veronica Maina",
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    "content": "compensated, not because it will bring her back, but as a way for the institution to acknowledge and show remorse for the negligence. To the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council (KMPDC), if you truly want to support the medical profession, do not cover up cases. Instead, help those working in theatres and hospitals improve their practices. There should also be an emphasis on seeking second opinions for patients with complex or technical ailments. Why is there no second opinion? If one doctor makes a serious mistake, why they do not involve another doctor to provide oversight? Have senior doctors taken the responsibility of instructing younger doctors? We urge the KMPDC and the supreme committee from the Senate to wake up and refine their skills. You are relied upon not only by our country but also by neighboring nations. Many people depend on the Kenya Medical Association, its personnel, doctors, nurses, and all those trained within the Republic of Kenya. Otherwise, I want to say pole sana to Annita’s family. I pray that justice will be served, not just for the doctor responsible for this incident but for all doctors who have acted negligently toward patients. It is time to acknowledge our mistakes, correct them, and improve our medical institutions to ensure every patient receives the best possible care. Show me a nation with bad doctors, and I will show you a nation whose future is in jeopardy. Doctors, you have done a lot, but continue refining your skills. Reduce the incidences of negligence and do not cover them up. In my practice as a legal practitioner, one of the hardest cases to prove is one that involves medical negligence. Finding one doctor to testify against another doctor is usually very difficult because they do not want to put their colleagues in trouble. That is understandable because those are their colleagues. Sometimes they say there was no intention of being negligent. The point is, to improve the skills, let doctors be more careful and seek for medical opinions even from their colleagues. There is no shame in asking your colleague what their opinion is on a case which appears complicated. Let us safeguard life and ensure dignity of patients. For mothers who have suffered in labour wards while giving birth and those who have had sad medical incidences with medical support around them, that should never happen. It is unfortunate because when mothers walk out of labour wards, they usually speak about very bad experiences they had. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, since I am a mother and I have also been to labour wards several times, there is nothing as bad for a woman in that moment tutting between life and death for a health practitioner, who is supposed to assist and make it easy, to harass a mother who is delivering, whether in a private or public hospital. That is sadistic and very wrong. It is a gross abuse of human rights. Let us safeguard life. Let us have dignity for patients who walk through the doors seeking for treatment and support. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I support this report."
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