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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Rahab Wachira",
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        "legal_name": "Rahab Mukami Wachira",
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    "content": "Much obliged, Hon. Speaker. The KNH is a key health facility not just in Kenya but in the whole of East Africa. It is indeed regrettable that we had a surgery mix-up at KNH and I wish to apologise to all Kenyans affected by the news and particularly to the affected patients and families. It is good that the Report recommends that the patients be compensated for the physical and psychological distress that the mix-up caused them. Hon. Speaker, KNH is a referral hospital, meaning that it should be attending to patients who have been referred to it from other hospitals and health facilities especially when the referred patients have serious illness or are in a critical state that requires highly special expertise unavailable in the lower level hospitals. However, most of us Kenyans do not like going to medical facilities that are of a lower rank as we do not believe in their capability to serve us. Last week I interacted with the patients at Nyeri General Referral Hospital and they admitted that they prefer going to the referral hospital directly rather than seeking medical services from other qualified medical facilities first. This instance means that the referral hospital is overwhelmed with many cases which could have been handled in other health facilities. This becomes a problem because these referral hospitals do not have enough resources and facilities to serve all these patients especially manpower and equipment. This is a major 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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