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    "content": "are people with very little means, they are forced to go back to the rural areas to wait for their last days. That is the pathetic situation in which these two diseases are putting people in this country. It is high time that we declared these diseases a national disaster. In the old district hospitals, which are now going to be called county referral hospitals, there are no medical staff. They have run down infrastructure, and they lack basic essential drugs. You may find one doctor attending to 1,000 patients or thereabout. So, really we do not have the infrastructure, and resources should be taken to the county level. As legislators we must ask the Government to invest at least 16 per cent of its revenue in health. This is in accordance with the requirements of Millennium Development Goals. Are we really doing that through our national Budget? There could be help from outside, but what we must ask the Jubilee Government is what it is doing about this. When dealing with HIV/AIDS we need to undertake research in KEMRI and in other research institutions. When dealing with HIV/AIDS we established VCTs. We must come up with similar infrastructure to undertake studies on renal diseases and cancer, so that these diseases can be detected at very early stages. WHO must be brought on board, so that we establish the reason for high numbers of cases of these diseases at KNH; these diseases are particularly prevalent in the pastoralist areas, where many of the deaths are occurring. The other suggestion is that we should undertake regular checks on our population. A healthy nation is a wealthy nation. I beg to support this Motion."
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