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    "speaker_name": ". Hon. Swarup Mishra (",
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        "legal_name": "Swarup Ranjan Mishra",
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    "content": "75 to 80 per cent of ideal and adequate health personnel are in Nairobi, the capital city. The rest of the country lacks health personnel. So, we have to develop and improve our health education system because we have more medical and training colleges and schools for both medics and paramedics so as to give service. As we know, a very good aircraft cannot be flown if the crew is not adequate. An air hostess cannot replace the pilot. We must have the right people in the right positions. So, we have to develop more and make the health education system stronger. Apart from that, the preventive aspect of health is important because prevention is better than cure. As we know, public health is an important segment of the health system. The preventive aspect of healthcare should be stronger. We have to allocate more budget to it. In future, we can diagnose the disease. If we want quality life, and we want to increase the lifespan in a qualitative and quantitative way, then preventive aspect of health practice is mandatory. Let me also talk about medical tourism. Many people go to India for treatment. For diseases which can be treated and healed effectively in our country, people seek treatment in India and other countries for no reason. I do not know why. It has become commercialised. Other countries make Africa an objective destination of their revenue collection in the name of health for Africa. An example is the joint replacement therapy, In-Vitro Fertilisation, advanced neurosurgery, spine surgery, transplant surgery of kidney and retina. All are practised in an effective way in the Republic of Kenya in private and public sector. We are unnecessarily taking people to another continent just to drain our revenue. It has also become business. African students who study in India, for example, are used as agents to siphon business from Africa to India. Their prime goals and objectives are not achieved. They are not studying there. They are getting money as agents at a commission. Where is our future? Every tall building in Kenya has a wellness clinic meant to convince Africans to go to India for treatment. Now, as you know, any surgical procedure on a human being needs a follow-up. We do not know what surgery has taken place, who has done it, and there is no proper advice. So, I will call this medical tourism. Very soon, as the MP for Kesses and the Vice Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Health, I will move a Bill called the Medical Trafficking Bill just like there is drug trafficking and human trafficking. We have to prevent this medical trafficking not only in Kenya but the whole of Africa just to help our people."
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