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    "content": "That is a very large percentage. Are these children dying out of negligence, complications in delivery or what is the problem? More important is the issue that children who have died under inexplainable circumstances are then packed in cartons like chicken, mangoes or melons and kept in a store. I laud my Muslim brethren because when one passes on, they take the least available time to dispose of the body through burial. When somebody dies – whether it is an infant or an adult – the most natural thing to do is to take the body to the morgue. Pumwani Maternity Hospital is not the only one without a morgue; there are many hospitals without morgues. However, when somebody dies in a hospital, the natural instinct is to transport the body to the nearest morgue for preservation; not to keep bodies in cartons! Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Committees you are directing to go and look at this issue must not just go to find out where the bodies were piled or kept; why and so on, and so forth. They should also find out what is ailing this hospital; a hospital that is so popular for delivery of our children in this city. Secondly, as a House through this Committee, we should look far and wide and include all other counties. In our own county where you and I come from, you will remember that we had a situation where the bodies of those who had lost their lives on a Friday were still lying in hospital beds where other patients were by Sunday, which is not acceptable anywhere. This is something that this House must be seized of, must act quickly and must show the country that we care, particularly for the young children who have not even tasted life. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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