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    "id": 818227,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Endebess, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Robert Pukose",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I support the Petition by Mr. Mutoro. He will need to give more details to the Committee, whether the patient was admitted at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) or where the patient was treated. The cost of ICU admissions in the country is exorbitant. This has made it very difficult for people to meet the cost. More often than not, Members of Parliament are called to participate in harambees, in funerals and for medical bills. These are grey areas that more often than not are abused. Therefore, we need to understand the issue of the high cost of ICU in the country. We need proper costing. The bills for somebody who is admitted in a private hospital in ICU and another one in an ICU in a government hospital are different. So, what is it that happens in a private institution that makes it exorbitant? The Departmental Committee on Health should also address adequately medical bills in the county. The public are being fleeced and bodies detained because relatives are unable to pay the hospital. This cost can be looked into. Thank you."
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