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    "content": "The issue of we, as a Committee, working with the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board (KMPDB) to take the various contaminants that contribute to cancer such as medicine and working with environmental impact assessment organisations to check issues of food, drugs and things that predispose people to cancer is something that also came out very clearly. On the issue of doctors, the fact is that hospitals are now being equipped with very advanced equipment but we have a runaway situation in terms of the doctors in the rural facilities. Just last weekend, a small accident happened where a friend fell. We went for an x-ray at the Coast General Hospital and the technicians were unfamiliar with the machines. We had to go back to the old ones which they are conversant with. This is because the new machines are computerised so, they need people who know how to operate them. Therefore, we need to train not just doctors but even radiographers and radiologists in hospitals since they need to be conversant with this equipment. We need to ensure that the equipment is put to good use instead of leaving it to gather dust after delivery. The issue of resources came out very clearly and we will try to see how we can address it during the amendment. The issue of actionable reporting is a very important contribution. Reporting by the committee either to the County Executive Committee (CEC) or the National Institute has to have some actions to it and not just a routine practice that we were used to in Government in the past. It has to have a timeframe of action and who is to act. That way, when reviews are done, then people can be accountable for what report has been sent and what action should have been taken. I am very impressed with the interest that this Bill has generated because it is a fact that is touching all of us. With those few remarks, I beg to move."
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