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    "content": "Therefore, Madam Temporary Speaker, I support what my colleague, Sen. Ndiema, has brought up on the Floor of this House because it is a critical issue. At one time, we visited Mombasa County with the Committee on Health and paid a courtesy call to the administrator. We were told that they had closed down some theatres because they lacked consultants who could operate on patients. So, this problem is big and we need to look into it. As legislators, I think we should make sure that we allocate more money to counties, particularly for health. Alternatively, counties should account to this House how much they allocate to health because you find most of the money has been allocated to roads while we forget the health facilities. In most hospitals like the one in my home county of Trans Nzoia, there is no medicine. You will find a doctor attending to a patient, prescribes the medicine but asks that patient to go and buy medicine and then come back to be treated with that medicine. I remember one case where I went to condole a woman who had lost her daughter. This woman gave me the story of how her daughter had been admitted at the Kitale District Hospital in Trans Nzoia. The doctor attended to the girl who was in Form Three. He prescribed some medicine and at Nine O’clock, the case became critical. When the doctor was called back, he said: “Oh this is meningitis.” He then wrote a prescription for the mother to go and buy medicine so that the daughter could be treated. This mother looked at the daughter who was dying, looked at the prescription and decided to stay by her daughter so that when she dies, at least there would be somebody by her side. Madam Temporary Speaker, I agree with what the Mover of the Motion has said that the national and county governments should address the concerns raised by medical practitioners to avert the looming breakdown of health services in the counties. It is the responsibility of the Senate to protect counties, where we have district hospitals and health centres. So, it is our responsibility as legislators to make sure that there are proper structures. It is our responsibility to make sure that jobs are well defined for the medics so that they do not resign to go and work elsewhere. I beg to support the Motion. Thank you."
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