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    "id": 258486,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kambi",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Medical Services",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 39,
        "legal_name": "Samuel Kazungu Kambi",
        "slug": "samuel-kambi"
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, thereafter, it was re-opened and remains operational up to date. Basic equipment and supplies for the ward have always been available and have thus played no role in the temporary or extended closure of the two wards. (b) The Hospital has two vehicles; a Nissan Ambulance GK, A758N and a Toyota double cabin, GK A455K, both of which are functional. However, both require frequent maintenance as they often travel long distances within Ijara Constituency over rough terrain collecting patients for referral in Garissa. (c) As indicated above, the ward is operational and a request has been made to Ijara Constituency CDF to carry out repairs to the male ward as it was hardly used before it developed the multiple problems. In the meantime, male patients have been put in the old twin male/female ward which was refurbished with support from DANIDA. This old twin ward has a capacity of 14 beds, which is more than the maximum of seven male inpatients that the hospital has ever had at any time of the year. Thus the male patients are well accommodated. Regarding the ambulance, the Ministry will consider procuring a stronger four wheel drive ambulance for Masalani District Hospital when funds are available. More importantly, the Ministry plans to upgrade the hospital to a fully fledged district hospital under a programme targeting 15 hospitals in the northern region of Kenya funded by the Government of Kenya with the support from the Government of the Netherlands. This will enable the facility to handle common ailments and emergencies and reduce the need for referrals. The Ministry will endeavour to include a transport improvement component in the project. A feasibility study for the upgrading project is already underway with a survey of Masalani District Hospital having been done in October, 2011."
}