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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mureithi",
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        "legal_name": "Erastus Kihara Mureithi",
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    "content": "Thank you Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to support this Motion on the Ministry of Medical Services. I would like to thank the Minister for Medical Services for being very eloquent about the medical facilities that we have in this nation. At the same time, I would like to raise several issues that require some attention. One of the problems we are facing, particularly from my side, is lack of Intensive Care Units (ICUs). For instance, in the whole of Nyandarua, we have Government hospitals like Ol Kalou and Nyahururu. However, those hospitals do not have ICUs. So, when we get critical situations and illnesses, people are taken to private hospitals. After that, we have to raise money in Harambees so that we can get people out of those private hospitals. We are requesting the Government – and we are very sorry for the Minister because instead of getting Kshs85 billion, he only got Kshs23 billion - to equip our hospitals with ICU facilities so that critical conditions are not taken to private hospitals. I would like to say that most Government hospitals lack many facilities. For instance, one hospital in my area lacks laundry machines. So, all the linen in the hospital is washed by human beings. There is so much linen and the level of cleanliness is compromised. Therefore, I would like to ask the Minister to address himself to some of those problems and improve the quality of hospitals in general. We want them to be equal to private hospitals. All of them should have laundry equipment so that they do not rely on human labour to maintain cleanliness. There are hospitals that are stationed along highways, for instance, Naivasha Hospital. That hospital receives many casualties as a result of accidents. I witnessed a case where I had to take a group of people who had an accident in a matatu . Unfortunately, there was no emergency ward. That way, we lose many people just because of lack of emergency facilities. So, all the hospitals that are built along highways--- As a result, private developers are coming up with private hospitals along the highways so that, when there is an accident, instead of the patients being taken to Government hospitals, they are taken to private hospitals. That puts a lot of burden to Members of Parliament who end up taking care of those patients. They are called upon to do Harambees so as to rescue the patients to get out of the hospitals. We also have problems with kidney patients. Those of you who have patients with kidney problems--- When you go to private hospitals with dialysis machines - and they are very few - you have to buy your own consumables. If you have no money for the consumables, you have to wait because you cannot be dialyzed. As a result, many of people die because they cannot afford some of those consumables. It is necessary to learn from our neighbours. All the kidney patients who go to India from Tanzania are paid for by their Government. I have a case---t I have to declare an interest. I had a sister who went to India for a kidney transplant. Her neighbours who came to see her from Tanzanian said that their costs are met by their Government. We have many people who are dying here just because they cannot afford the cost of a kidney transplant. I would also like to request the Minister to equip our hospitals with CT-Scans. If you visit major hospitals like Nyahururu or Ol Kalau Hospital, for you to be scanned, you are either sent to Nakuru or Nyeri. I think it is better to address that in all the counties. We need to have the CT-Scans to that our people do not get exploited by private hospitals. Finally, I would like to say that some of the hospitals that have not been officially opened, like Ol Kalau, should be opened so that they can get the attention from the Government. With those remakes, I support the Motion."
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