Dr. James Gesami

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I want to make a Ministerial Statement. view
• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: The Cholera outbreak. view
• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: This was asked by hon. Letimalo, the hon. Member for Samburu East. view
• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: I will try, Mr. Speaker, Sir. This is a Ministerial Statement on the alleged mysterious disease outbreak in Samburu East District by hon. Letimalo, MP. It is as follows:- view
• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the mysterious disease has been positively identified to be Cholera. The first case of death was a patient known to have peptic ulcer disease who had a history of vomiting blood. He had no diarrhoea. He died as arrangements were being made for referral. The second case of death was a patient who was presented to the facility with a short history of vomiting blood, with abdominal distention and constipation. The patient died of intestinal obstruction and not cholera. In this regard, I wish to confirm that no deaths have occurred due to the Cholera disease. The ... view
• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member also wanted to know which areas have been affected in his Samburu East Constituency. As I got this answer yesterday, the affected areas are in Waso Division, and the rest of the district has not been affected. The affected areas are in Waso Division. They are: Lorubai, Larisoro, Lerata, Sere Olipi and Lantana. The other division, Wamba, is not affected. But the health personnel are on high alert and members of the public have been sensitized. view
• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member also wanted to know why the Government has taken so long to mobilize medical personnel. My Ministry did not take long to respond to the outbreak. Samburu East District health authorities received a report of an increase in the number of diarrhoea cases from Archer’s Post Health Centre on 5th May, 2009 and, subsequently, the district team went to the affected areas the following day; that was on 6th May, 2009. At that time, most of the cases were from Choka area of Isiolo District and everything seemed calm until 8th of May, 2009, ... view
• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the District Health Management team led by the Medical Officer of Health (MOH) visited the area on 9th May, 2009, and initiated public health measures aimed at containing the situation. view
• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: Currently, Mr. Speaker, Sir, there are six regular health personnel stationed at Archer’s Post who have succeeded in controlling the outbreak. They include one public health officer, one public health technician, three nurses and one laboratory technologist. The situation is currently under control with the latest case being reported on 15th May, 2009. view
• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member also wanted to know the precautions the Ministry is taking. My Ministry has taken the following measures to contain the further spread of that outbreak:- view