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    "id": 787221,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Murgor",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1754,
        "legal_name": "James Kipkosgei Murgor",
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    "content": "First, on human resources at KNH, there is a shortage of 800 nurses. This puts the ratio of nurse to patient at about 1:20. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommendation is 1:5. You can see what the nurses in KNH face. There is also a shortage of 176 doctors. On the side of security personnel and even the Closed-Circuit Televisions (CCTVs), they were found to be inadequate in that hospital. Generally, when you look at all the cadres, in terms of human resource, they are very inadequate. With regard to equipment, they are not only inadequate, but also old and obsolete. It is a very sad thing that an institution of that nature, which is the top- most referral hospital in this country, should have inadequate, old and obsolete equipment. The hospital is overloaded and congested. Why? It is because KNH treats from common colds to open heart surgery. Some of the treatments undertaken there ought not to be done there, but of course, they cannot chase away patients. In the Bill of Rights, you cannot turn away a patient. It has a bed capacity of 2,400 patients but bed occupants per day are way beyond that number. Let us look at the facts. Nairobi County has a population of between four million and five million. All these people depend on KNH. I know there are Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital, Mbagathi District Hospital and Pumwani Maternity Hospital. But all these institutions are operating sub-optimally. In fact, a Member once told me that at Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital, nothing happens there. Given the population of Nairobi County, we should be having about five operational, fully-equipped and staffed hospitals, the size of Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital. When you look at population, Nairobi County, as it is, should have about five operational, fully equipped and fully staffed hospitals like Mama Lucy, but it does not have them. So, every patient in Nairobi goes to KNH and that contributes to congestion in that hospital."
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