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"content": "In establishing these hospitals, we, as a nation, should also think how we can make ourselves a destination for medical care. As we establish county hospitals, we should simultaneously establish specialization that can allow for medical care that can be admired and demanded by patients from all over the world. For us to do so, we need to train our doctors in a manner that benchmarks us on a global level and not just on current levels. Each one of us has, probably, gone through an experience where the doctor who was treating a patient that we know left a lot to be desired. We know of circumstances where one is put in a plaster and is required to report to hospital for surgery. However, when they go for a second opinion, they are told that, not only should they not go for surgery, but should also remove the plaster and start walking. These people have walked without any surgery. Therefore, as we talk about facilities, let us also benchmark the training of our nurses and our doctors, so that they are as good as anywhere in the world. It is not good enough to have buildings. We also need people to man those buildings in a manner commensurate with the care that we want to give to our nation and our people. For example, we should be embarking, not only to improve the facilities that we have, but starting the use of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in those hospitals. It is possible today for a patient in Kenya, by the use of ICT, to be operated on by a doctor while he is consulting with another doctor at John Hopkins University or in another facility in India because of the use of ICT. Therefore, as we think about the constructions, we should also think about the care we can give, even with the existing facilities so that it is improved to the extent that there are hospitals that can use ICT to corroborate in treatment with hospitals that are supposedly the best in the world. The training we are talking about for doctors and nurses is not the only important thing. It is also necessary to train technicians in hospitals. For example, you will find medical equipment like scans and others in hospitals are lacking just little things like screws. They have been abandoned because there are no technicians to take care of them. Therefore, the training we are talking about in terms of our medical facilities should be holistic, all the way from technicians, nurses and doctors. In doing so, we are talking about both quantities in terms of the number of personnel that we are training, but more importantly, the quality of our training and trainers. Indeed, every so often, our doctors should be sponsored by the Government to go for further training. They need to do more research in new areas. They need to go to advance their knowledge in overseas. For example, a doctor who was trained 20 years ago can know that there are new discoveries in the same area. If the Mover of the Motion, Dr. Machage, was to go back to college today, he would, probably, find very new areas and ways of treating patients other than what he learnt while in college. Consequently, it is important for us not just to train a doctor and abandon them, but retrain them and expose them to new ways and new areas of treatment. Therefore, let us establish these hospitals progressively and in a specialised manner. If you go to India, you will find a hospital bigger than the Kenyatta National Hospital that only caters for eye care. Another one would only be responsible for the treatment of kidneys. The kind of specialization that exists today in that country is the reason it has become a patient destination. In addition to that, it is also because of the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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