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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) S.W. Chege",
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        "legal_name": "Sabina Wanjiru Chege",
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    "content": "and went to the ward and called the name. She said the person responded by a form of murmuring or something like that. She went ahead, labelled the patient John Nderitu and wheeled the patient to the theatre. During the operation, they were received by a theatre nurse and they were also received by the anaesthetist. The patient was handed over to the surgeons who went ahead to confirm the identity through the labeling, file number and also the brain imaging which had been given and they went ahead to open up the said John Nderitu. When the surgeons opened up the patient, they noticed through the imaging they had that the patient did not have a clot. It is also important for this House to note that those doctors are registrars who are still continuing with their studies. They are in their fourth year at the University of Nairobi (UoN). The two of them confirmed and consulted with a senior registrar who also confirmed that the patient they had opened up did not have a clot. They went ahead to call the ward to confirm whether John Nderitu was the real patient and the ward confirmed he was. They were not satisfied and went ahead to call the senior consultant who came in at around 3 .00 a.m. and confirmed that the patient who had been opened up did not have a clot. They agreed to close up the patient and go for further imaging. By, then, as they were waiting for the patient to recover, at around 6.00 a.m. the nurse who was on duty the previous day reported. When she came in, she asked the nurse who was on duty that night if she took John Nderitu to the theater and gave a description of another patient who was near the window. That is when that nurse responded and said: “Oh my God! I made a mistake and took the wrong patient to theater.” We have further engaged the entire surgical team, nursing team who handed over and further talked to the Kenya Medical and Dentist Practitioners Board (KMDPB). What we have seen in Kenya National Hospital (KNH) is a failure of the systems. I can tell you even when we called the Cabinet Secretary (CS), she confirmed to the Committee that she learnt about the incident through the media. That was on the morning of 20th February, 2018. On 1st March, 2018, she had gone to visit her relative in the hospital. The media called her and told her that she was among the people who were colluding to hide what KNH has done. The CS was confused and she asked the Principal Secretary (PS) to do a follow up. Later on the night of 1st March 2018, the PS told her something was wrong and she would be given full information later. The following day on 2nd March 2018, the CS called the Board Chairman who confirmed that he did not have information about the surgery mix-up. It is important for this House to know that this was 10 days after the mix-up had happened. Even the Director of Medical Services (DMS) did not have the information. The CS took it upon herself to walk there and ask the Board Members who were available to find out more information. She visited the patients and spoke to them and asked the hospital to register them with the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF). Immediately from the submissions given, the patients and their relatives said that, that was the first time they received good attention. For that period of 10 days, the doctor and nurses were saying that, that was a special case. They would ask them questions and nobody told them what was happening or communicating. One of them told us that they even stayed without medication after the mix-up. When the CS met with the team, they agreed with the three Board members that day, that the Board would convene the following day and action would be taken. At the same time, the CS was the senior-most in protocol. By that time, the media was asking for answers and already the story was in the headlines. She took the responsibility of saying that they are taking some certain steps. She asked the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and the Director of Clinical Services, Mr. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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