{"id":364925,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/364925/?format=json","text_counter":227,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. D.A. Mohamede","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":2995,"legal_name":"Diriye Abdullahi Mohamed","slug":"diriye-abdullahi-mohamed"},"content":"Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to support the Motion because there is a very serious shortage of health staff in this country, and we need to recruit more clinical officers, nurses and lab technicians. In my place, Habaswein District Hospital, which is level 4 – a sub-district hospital - is supposed to have, as per the standards of the Ministry of Health, up to 60 nurses. But, currently, it is manned by five members of staff. You can imagine a place that is supposed to have the standard 60 nurses and currently being manned by five nurses and one clinical officer. The shortage is very serious and, therefore, I support the Motion."}