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"content": "of Kenya a new dawn. This means that health services as provided for in our Constitution and through the hospitals that have been established and will be established, those services should reach the people of Kenya in a better way. As I support this Motion, I would like to say from the outset that I will be supporting the Motion albeit with a few amendments that I may propose to make in due course. It is well agreed amongst the Senators and the entire country that we need improvement. It is important that we all agree that there is no single part of this country that can say that they have satisfactory medical services. There is no part of this country where medical facilities have been able to be dispensed to the people in a way that they will be satisfied. We have all agreed that this Motion has no party affiliation and does not favour any part of this country. Therefore, it is important then that its wording is embraced by all of us. It should not seem to impute that there are particular sections of this country that are benefitting more than others. Madam Temporary Speaker, as we deliberate on this Motion, it is also important that we be cognizant of the fact that although our country is divided into 47 counties, there are some counties which bear the big burden of having to provide services to many people in this country. For example, my county has got about 1.8 million people. In comparison, there are only about two major hospitals in the entire Kiambu; that is Thika District Hospital and Kiambu District Hospital. You can imagine providing medical services to 1.8 million people through only two major hospitals. The other hospitals that are there are all of a lower level and with very little facilities. So, as we continue to air our views, I will propose in due course, that, indeed, the burden of the population of each of the counties be factored in as one of the factors that we will be considering to determine how would we want to propose to the Government to spread out the hospitals at different levels; that is the Level 4 and Level 5 hospitals. In the case, probably, where we have a big population burden, then we may even as well consider requesting or asking the Government to consider having even more than one Level 5 hospital in each of the counties. Madam Temporary Speaker, it is also important that we remember that the motivation and the idea behind this Motion is, indeed, to take health facilities or the service itself to the people. One thought that we could also embrace is thinking broader and wider; could we also propose that we also introduce, inside this Motion, the availing of mobile hospitals? There are hardly any roads that could be used to transport patients to the available centralized facilities in the district or other hospitals in Ndeiya and Karai. Because there are pockets of populations concentrated inside inaccessible places, it would be thoughtful of us, as Senators, to discuss and see how we can input the provision of mobile medical services alongside this proposal. Lastly, Madam Temporary Speaker, let me comment on one of the issues that was brought up by my friend, the Senator for Kakamega. Alongside giving health facilities and providing hospitals, it is also important for the Senate and for us, as legislators, to make sure that we bear it upon the providers of the health services; those are doctors, to make sure that, indeed, they are mindful of their work in accordance to their oath. I have in my mind, for example, a case that was highlighted a lot in the media. There was a doctor who left a mother he was operating on with an open womb and went to a bar to 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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