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    "id": 561949,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/561949/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Dawood",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2572,
        "legal_name": "Abdul Rahim Dawood",
        "slug": "abdul-rahim-dawood"
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    "content": "The ICU at the KNH was established in 1972 with the technical assistance of the Government of Japan. The local expertise was trained by them and it is limited. Whereas they currently have 21 Critical Care Unit (CCU) beds with 140 nurses deployed and a staffing ratio of two nurses for every three patients, the ICU is primarily being managed by consultants in anesthesiology. The challenges faced include the equipment shortage as I have already enumerated. Despite the above challenges the CCU is still able to provide satisfactory critical care to patients who are there. As a result of the provincial or county hospitals not being able to satisfy the demand of the ICU facilities in the counties, they refer patients all the way to the KNH which is overwhelmed and there is a backlog of patients awaiting ICU admission. As you are aware, the ICU cannot wait for anybody. Faith-based hospitals have few intensive care units that help a bit but mostly we are helped by private hospitals which have a presence in most of the Kenyan towns. However, not all 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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