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    "id": 22027,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mudavadi",
    "speaker_title": "The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 84,
        "legal_name": "Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi",
        "slug": "musalia-mudavadi"
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to make the following Statement with regard to Pumwani Maternity Hospital on various issues raised by Dr. Khalwale. In his request, one of the issues he has asked is what measures are being taken to improve service delivery at the Pumwani Maternity Hospital. I wish to start my Statement by addressing that aspect. I would like to inform the House that Pumwani Maternity Hospital is the third busiest maternity hospital in the African Continent and remains the largest maternity hospital in the country. It has 354 obstetric beds and 144 baby cots. On average, 50 to 60 babies are delivered each day with very limited equipment and understaffing of doctors and nurses. The hospital has nine medical doctors against an establishment of 25 doctors, and 180 nurses against an establishment of 250 nurses. The hospital has two theaters for caesarian cases instead of four, which is posing a big challenge to the staff and the hospital. In view of the above challenges in service delivery at Pumwani Maternity Hospital, the Ministry has appointed a board vide Legal Notice No.98 of 11th August, 2000, to help in guiding on the issues of service delivery at the hospital. The functions of the board include, among others, to formulate policy regulations for proper and efficient management of the hospital, overseeing the management of the hospital services, sourcing of funds and resources, administering the assets and funds of the hospital in such purposes as to promote the interests of the hospital and to promote and support public health care programmes. Further, in April this year, the Town Clerk appointed a committee to investigate claims of mismanagement at the Pumwani Maternity Hospital. The taskforce released its report in May, 2011 and recommended several things. However, I will highlight three aspects of the recommendations."
}