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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Nyasuna",
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        "legal_name": "Gladys Atieno Nyasuna",
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    "content": "Let me spend a few minutes and talk about a major part of this Division of Revenue Bill particularly that which has been sent to counties as conditional grants in the area of healthcare. As a health management professional, and I am sure that health management professionals across this country are worried because we are staring at a crisis in the face, we are sitting on a time bomb as far as our healthcare system in this country is concerned. Healthcare is about access, costs and quality. Right now, we are facing no access, prohibitive costs and poor quality. Let me speak on a final point in consideration of other Members. On the issue of leasing of equipment, we have seen in the last couple of weeks the kind of crisis that we had at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) with regard to the cancer treatment equipment that broke down. The situation is dire. Everybody has to come from all over the country to access the radiotherapy machines at KNH. If you go now, you will be told that the next appointment available is in December 2016. You cannot live for that long waiting for 2016. If we are going to lease equipment, let us have a proper policy and a maintenance contract. Let us have a policy which will ensure that money is not going to people’s pockets from the leasing of equipment. People will be pocketing money based on the deaths of people who cannot access equipment. Let us have this equipment in two hospitals per county and ensure that our healthcare system is working. Finally, let me make a proposal to the Departmental Committee on Health of this House. You can take leadership. Can we have a major conference on healthcare in this country? Otherwise, we will be facing a time bomb and a collapsed healthcare system. Can you lead with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and bring all stakeholders on board? This is so that we can have a major healthcare conference so that we talk about healthcare The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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