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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": "Hon. Speaker, it will even also be brains off. The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) should also complete its investigation and submit the report on the alleged sexual harassment within 14 days of the adoption of this Report by the House. We also wish that it will submit, within the same time, a Report of a patient who was stabbed in the Hospital and died a few years back. Until today, the DCI has never submitted the report to the Hospital or the Committee. This was being handled by my previous committee. On the general security of the Hospital, it is important that they engage in security management and review the security arrangement within the hospital. I want to tell members that there is a police station within KNH, but it does not serve KNH. It is a public police station. So, the Inspector-General of Police should take charge of security in the compound with the help of an already existing police station that is within the institution’s grounds. The Hospital should also carry an enforced restriction of the number of visitors per patient and adhere to visiting hours. We are also recommending that the handing over is not done at the same time as the visiting hours’ time. There was also a lot of confusion on the same. The issue of CCTV surveillance is also crucial. I have seen we have the National Youth Service (NYS) officers here in Parliament. They are there, but they are not sufficient and the Hospital, as a matter of urgency, should engage the NYS services to provide additional service within the hospital and to complement the existing security measures at the facility. Another one is the issue of the equipment. The Hospital and the National Treasury should undertake comprehensive costing of all medical equipment that the hospital requires to guide resource allocation to purchase the medical equipment for the institution. It is a shame that we are concentrating to equip our counties instead of first equipping our referral hospital, which is strictly under the national Government. This should also happen to the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH). I think for now, MTRH is doing better. Next is the issue on the surgical mix-up. We said the Government, through the Ministry, should consider appropriate remedial action on the two patients. The Hospital should take full responsibility for the full recovery of both patients. Further review should be conducted on the patients with the possibility of a second opinion. Again, we recommend that the report by Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board (KMPDB) on this matter be implemented, but not limited to the following: There is a report that is attached that the Nursing Council of Kenya should immediately review the conduct and the practice of nurses involved in this case. The Clinical Officers Council 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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