{"id":331812,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/331812/?format=json","text_counter":165,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Gitari","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":388,"legal_name":"Joseph Gachoki Gitari","slug":"joseph-gitari"},"content":"asked the Minister for Medical Services: (a) whether he is aware that Mr. Patrick Njau was taken to Kerugoya District Hospital complaining of severe headache on 29th July, 2012; (b) whether he is further aware that his condition worsened on 30th July when the family was asked to pay Kshs3,500 for his transport to Mathari Medical Institute for a head scan but later passed away on the same day before transfer to the medical institute; and, (c) what action he is taking against the management of the hospital to avoid a recurrence of similar incident and if he could consider compensating the bereaved family for negligence by the hospital management."}