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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Murugara",
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        "legal_name": "George Gitonga Murugara",
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    "content": "attest that out of the 100 patients that are referred and admitted in that hospital, only 20 might go back properly treated and in good health. A majority of them pass away and we have to take them back in caskets. The question we ask is: Where did this rain start beating us? This started as soon as we stopped making KNH a referral hospital. It became a hospital of first call where every manner of ailment is taken. The end result was acute congestion in the hospital; overwhelming the medical staff until they are not able to discharge their duties in a diligent manner. It is because of the too many cases they have to handle. As recommended, KNH should remain a referral hospital. It should be well funded. We must support the funding of that hospital to an extent that it is able to equip itself in the most modern manner so that it is in a position to have the necessary staff and medicine to offer the referral services that it is intended for. The KNH is not the only one that has problems. I am supposed to have two Level 4 hospitals in my constituency. We have one only. Even the one we have is not a hospital, but a health centre that has been upgraded. It lacks facilities to the innermost core. Most of the patients who visit that Level 4 hospital have to be referred to small mission hospitals where care is not as proper as it should be. As a result, they find their way to KNH. The second Level 4 hospital is incomplete for the last three or four years. I urge the Government and the Ministry of Health to ensure that, that hospital is completed. I extend the plea we are making in this House that the medical sector, especially our hospitals, must be well funded, whether through the county governments, directly or whichever manner the Government will use to fund them. That is so that they are well staffed; they have enough medicine and they have the necessary equipment to tackle the various ailments we suffer from. There has been an amendment to this Motion. It is an amendment I support. It is the amendment which, first and foremost, says that the gentleman whose cranium was accidentally opened must be compensated. I use the word “accidental” because elements of negligence may not have been very visible. He suffered trauma, deformity and other damage which requires compensation. There was the second gentleman whose surgery was delayed. As a result, possibly, his health has suffered. I am in full agreement that these gentlemen be adequately compensated by the Government. When they fully recover from what they went through, they should be able to live their full lives without any feeling of guilt, neglect or insufficiency. I urge the Government to move with speed and expeditiously compensate those gentlemen. It should be ensured they recover fully and live their lives better. Then, we should extend this to the hospitals in the constituencies and rural areas so that medical practitioners who are in those hospitals are well trained and work within the normal working hours. As it came out, some of those workers were overstretched. That overstretching can lead to some lapses in offering services. It is such lapses that lead to cases such as what we have. As far as security in KNH is concerned, it is vital it be restored. Security should be provided. In fact, KNH has been converted to whatever it is by some evildoers. That includes peddling drugs or trying to move in there to conduct other illegal businesses. This is the security we are urging the Government to offer to that hospital so that once a patient is taken there, he or she is guaranteed of maximum healthcare and security. The trend I have referred to of patients having to be taken back to their homes in caskets should be reversed. I support that this Motion be passed and KNH be taken care of. The care should be extended to other hospitals in our constituencies. Debate is still there as to whether our county governments have the capacity to take care of those hospitals. But that remains their The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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