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    "id": 594614,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wangamati",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Patrick Wangamati",
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    "content": "In Bungoma, where I come from, 20 people died after undergoing operation procedures at the Bungoma Level 4 Hospital. Somebody is admitted to the hospital, he goes for operation and after two days, the hospital says that the patient was not well operated and he needs to be referred to Eldoret. The patient takes three to four days in the referral hospital and dies. Twenty cases have been recorded at the Bungoma Level 4 Hospital. I am wondering whether the situation will continue like that. The Government must do something. If a county government is not working, the national Government must intervene. We cannot sit back and watch people dying the way it is happening in Bungoma. Out of the 20 people who have died, three come from my village. I was surprised. I also appeal to Hon. Members that there are many things we should look at, as the representatives of the people. Well, changes are being made in this country, particularly in the Ministry of Health, but they are making our people lose lives. We are losing our friends, brothers, sisters and fathers very easily because of the system that we have. Even when a patient is supposed to be referred to another hospital, the amount of money charged by an ambulance is too high. Medical services are becoming too expensive and yet we thought we were taking them closer to the people. Health services are no longer closer to the people. I was involved in the second liberation. I regret because we advocated for administration services closer to the people and not what we are witnessing. Our people are not serious about health services. I support this Motion. It is important that this House looks at this emergency training as one of the first solutions that we can try to do. I do not know whether it is in Bungoma alone, but if there are other places where these things are happening as far as the Ministry of Health is concerned, I urge my fellow Members to do something about them. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity. I support this Motion."
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