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"content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker, Sir. I am hon. Dorcas Kedogo, the County Women Representative for Vihiga. Hon. Speaker, Sir, I would like to support the Motion and just say that equipment is very necessary in our hospitals, especially at the dispensaries and health centres. If these facilities are not equipped, it will mean that there is nothing that will happen. Even emergency situations cannot be attended to. The Government should also do something about nurses and doctors. You find that there are many doctors and nurses at one institution and none at others. At some health facilities, even in times of emergencies you find that there is nobody to attend to the patient--- (technical hitch) ---So, it becomes difficult for him or her to operate. Therefore, I would request the Government to ensure that there is enough manpower at dispensaries and health centres. Sometimes you find that even primary school children going to dispensaries for medical attention have to pay, and even after paying, they are told that there are no medicines. Therefore, I would like the Government to make sure that health facilities have sufficient medicines and other equipment, so that school children can be attended to. Hon. Speaker, Sir, an emergency can happen anywhere, including on the road. Sometimes I feel that we need to equip our hospitals in all areas to take care of all diseases because when people go there for emergency, they are directed to other hospitals. That is why I said it is necessary for our dispensaries and health centres to be equipped and also given medicine---- (technical hitch) --- malaria, you may find that there is no equipment for testing a patientâs blood to establish whether he has the malaria parasite. Therefore, doctors end up giving wrong medication to patients. What do they do?"
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