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    "id": 1567795,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mandago",
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        "legal_name": "Kiplagat Jackson Mandago",
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    "content": "procedures are in place. We urge the Kenya Medical Dentists and Practitioners Council and all other regulating agencies for medical practitioners or health workforce, to make sure that they have regular supervision and inspection to assure the quality, standards and the procedures that needs to be followed in all medical procedures. I agree with my colleagues that, as the Senate Standing Committee on Health, we should also make follow-up with Cabinet Secretary for Health so that some of these matters can be averted. Madam Temporary Speaker, I was so saddened to see a mother carrying a child in a hospital where she had rushed to seek medical treatment only for the doctors to ignore until we lost the child in the hands of the mother. It should also be made known to the public that, even in an event where medical workers are on strike, the law requires that they maintain a certain minimum workforce to address the emergencies that arise in those facilities. I therefore want to assure Sen. Joyce Korir and the other colleagues that as a Committee, we are going to look into that matter with a view of taking action on the minimum workforce that was supposed to be at work in that facility, to avert loss of life even as the doctors and the medical workers seek justice for fair compensation in the work they do. Madam Temporary Speaker, even as health workers push for fair compensation for the work that they do, they must also remain true to the oath that they took in their practice so that we do not lose lives and we make sure that work continues even as we seek compensation. I would also like to let the medical workers know that the Senate Standing Committee on Health, together with the National Assembly Committee of Health, have had serious engagements on looking at the issues that touch on the human resource for the health sector. The Government is very proactive in terms of addressing all those welfare issues. We had a problem with intern doctors. That matter has now been resolved and all the other matters will be resolved progressively. Madam Temporary Speaker, we also want to seek the indulgence of the medical workers that they also become patient with the Government, even as we address their issues and not to congest the system with so many demands every other day, but allow the processes to be concluded for every activity. This was a very unfortunate incident that should not occur again. In our recommendation for compensation to the family, we made it very clear that there is culpability on the part of MTRH and also on the part of the doctors who were responsible during the operation. We have also noted that all facilities in this country are required to have a medical cover that indemnifies the workers such that in case we have such incidents, the insurance should be able to compensate. We know there are many Kenyans who have lost their lives through such processes and they have not been compensated, while the hospitals have also paid for the medical insurance. Therefore, there are insurance companies that are profiting without the insurance being functional. With that, pursuant to Standing Order No.66(3), I request that you defer the putting of the question to a later date. I thank you. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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