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    "id": 566417,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wario",
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        "legal_name": "Ali Wario",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. From the outset, may I declare my support for this Motion? Secondly, may I again take this opportunity to commend Hon. Abdul for coming up with this Motion. Though I said that I support this Motion, it is one thing to pass a Motion and it is another to see that the law or Motion you have passed in this House is implemented. I have some reservations. Why am I saying this? There is infrastructure, manpower and resources required in having ICUs. As a nation, are we able to have ICUs in 290 constituencies today? My understanding of an ICU is a centre of specialists. It has a number of qualified doctors who handle chronic diseases. We need to grow from somewhere. We cannot wake up from zero one morning and just imagine of having 290 ICUs in place. We need to appreciate the diversity of this nation. For some of us, we are at the dispensary level. For some, very basic health facilities like laboratories and maternities are missing in our hospitals. Before even talking of ICUs and BTCs, we need to have these facilities in place then we will take the next step of having the ICUs and BTCs in place. As a nation, I think we have taken one very wrong step, the step of devolving the health function to county governments. There is no county in this country which has the capacity to address the disasters of the magnitude of Ebola. In health, there has to be research which should go hand in hand with provision of medical services. By devolving health services, it is as if we are killing this sector. With those few remarks, I beg to support this Motion."
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