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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Kedogo",
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        "legal_name": "Dorcas Luvalitsa Kedogo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this chance. I also thank the Mover of this Motion. The Motion is timely since most people die because of lack of emergency facilities in hospitals. I support this Motion because no one makes an appointment for emergency care. You also have to avoid the long queues. Sometimes one can stay in an ambulance for over 18 hours. Previously, we used to have first aid facilities. However, nowadays different health facilities do not have first aid equipment. So, most people die because of lack of facilities. If all healthcare personnel can be trained to handle emergencies, we will be able to reduce death rates in hospitals. A person who deals with emergency medical care must always be ready to help any victim. That means whenever a patient comes in, personnel in emergency facilities must be ready to assist the patient. These days most patients die because of lack of medical personnel and if the personnel are there, then facilities are not there. For example, yesterday I was told about a patient who was in hospital and the relatives donated blood, but unfortunately it was the wrong blood group. So, the relatives were told to donate more blood. We need to have blood banks in our hospitals so that if there is a patient who urgently needs blood, he or she can be given the blood and the hospital can later look for more blood. A victim can die as the hospital is still looking for blood. Last Saturday, I attended the burial of a pregnant woman who died of pain. The woman was in pain for 14 hours without anybody to take care of her. Nobody was even ready to assist her remove the foetus that had died in her womb. I would support the proposal to have trained personnel in all hospitals to handle emergency cases. Sometimes you cannot get an ambulance in some hospitals when you want it. In case there is one, you will be told to look for fuel. So, is that an ambulance or a normal vehicle? If you have to get fuel, then it is not an ambulance. An ambulance is supposed to be ready all the time and it should have fuel, a driver and another person. If a driver goes to pick a victim and there is no extra person to assist the victim while in the ambulance, then there is no point of even looking for an ambulance. There must be a nurse in an ambulance when it is sent to pick a patient in an emergency situation. There are also patients with emergency cases of hypertension and high levels of sugar. Sometimes when they go to hospital, people just look at them assuming they are okay and in the next one or two minutes or even an hour the patient passes on because of careless handling. So, this Motion is very important. Thank you very much."
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