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    "id": 298360,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/298360/?format=api",
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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"
    },
    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that an unknown neonate was brought to Migori District Hospital on 6th April, 2012. On examination, the baby was found to be very sick with neonatal sepsis and hypothermia. The medical officer who reviewed the case formed the opinion that the baby required very specialized care which was not available in the newborn unit of the Migori District Hospital. He, therefore, made a professional decision to refer the case to Kisii Level Five Hospital where the newborn unit is better equipped to handle such cases. The Good Samaritan who brought the neonate to the hospital was asked to take it to Kisii Level Five Hospital as the hospital ambulance was not available at the time. However, the Samaritan did not want the baby taken to Kisii Level Five Hospital but instead carried the baby away to Saint Joseph Mission Hospital. The baby was not denied emergency services at the Migori District Hospital. (b) Medical staff at the Migori District Hospital are public servants subject to the applicable service sanctions if they do not perform their duties as expected. We have no recent reports of staff in the facility failing to perform their assigned duties. However, the hospital suffers staff shortage which has been aggravated by the needs related to new infrastructure that the Ministry in collaboration with the partners has recently put up in the hospital. The Ministry will address some of these shortages from planned staff recruitment to be carried out in the 2012/2013 Financial Year."
}