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    "id": 952651,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/952651/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Leader of Minority",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 129,
        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
        "slug": "james-orengo"
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    "content": "In a case where somebody goes to a medical institution hoping to get healthcare and attention and loses his life because he was not given proper medical attention; that in effect is denying him the right to life. The medical profession is a noble profession because it is their duty to preserve life. There is a growing practice in many private medical institutions that they admit patients but after doing so, if money is not paid at any point where treatment is being delivered, they stop giving that person treatment. Instead of releasing the patient to go to another medical institution, the patient is held in the hospital on account of medical bills that have not been paid. We should have something firmly in the law, and I invite Sen. Khaniri to look at this, in terms of the articles of the Constitution which have been cited. We should have a provision in the Health Act to the effect that once patients have been admitted into hospitals or medical institutions, the hospitals should carry out their primary duty which is to ensure that the patients receive treatment because it is part of their calling and demands of that profession."
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