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    "id": 300969,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/300969/?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 Pauline Njeri Maina, Elizabeth Nyambura Maina and Catherine Wachuka Maina aged 11 years, seven years and nine years respectively, were burnt at Uplands in Lari Location and admitted into intensive care unit at Kenyatta National Hospital on 10th May, 2012. They were referred from Kijabe Hospital where they were initially attended to on 9th May, 2012. (b) I am also aware that one of the children Catherine Wachuka died on 19th May, 2012. (c)The cause of the fire was reportedly caused by an electrical fault. It may not be entirely correct to say that the parents cannot afford to pay the bills. They are members of the National Hospital Insurance Fund which can pay part of the bills covered by approved daily rebates. This has already happened in respect of the medical bill for Catherine Wachuka Maina, the child who died. The balance of the medical bill for the late Catherine and the mortuary fees have also been paid and the body was collected for burial on 30th May, 2012. The bills for the other two children have not been computed as they are still undergoing treatment. The computation will be done on discharge after which possibilities of payment will be explored. The NHIF will be invoiced for part of the bill and the family will then be required to pay the difference. The Ministry cannot pay the bill as it has no budgetary allocation for paying bills of this nature. In the event that the family is not able to pay the entire bill, the recommendation of the Ministry is that the wider society should be mobilized to assist in settling the bill as Kenyatta National Hospital is a cost-sharing facility where medical services are already significantly subsidized. This line of approach has in the past been known to be very effective in settling hospital bills. Should involvement of the wider society still fail to settle the bill, the hospital has instalment payment and waiver systems that the family can make use of. However, families wishing to make use of these systems are subjected to elaborate and vigorous vetting aimed at ensuring that optimum payments are made. This is necessary because the hospital partly finances its operations from the revenue it generates and failure to optimize collection can easily lead to the collapse of this important institution."
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