Robert Pukose

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Yes, Hon. Speaker. I am the Vice-Chair of the Departmental Committee on Health. view
• 18 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. I am ready with two Statements which were sought by hon. Members. I will begin with the one sought by hon. Aden, the Member of Parliament for Balambala. He sought a Statement on insufficiency of bed space in intensive care units of public health hospitals. He sought clarification on the following:- view
• 18 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: (i) the reason for insufficient bed space in intensive care units in public hospitals, especially the largest referral hospital, Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), causing citizens to accumulate high medical bills in private hospitals; view
• 18 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: (ii) plans by the Government to ensure that all public hospitals are able to accommodate all Kenyans needing intensive, or emergency, care. view
• 18 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: On the reason for insufficient bed space in intensive care units in public hospitals, especially the largest referral hospital, KNH, causing citizens to accumulate high medical The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 18 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: bills in private hospitals, we want to say that we invited the Principal Secretary and the Cabinet Secretary for Health and also the Director of KNH. It is true that there is insufficient bed space in the ICU units in public hospitals including KNH, which is the largest referral hospital in the country. Even the ICU units themselves are very few in the country. In an ideal situation, there should be an ICU bed for every 50 normal beds in a hospital. We had a table which showed the ICU beds available in the public hospitals. In the KNH we ... view
• 18 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: The last point is that one of the key things for the multi-disciplinary team in the managing of ICU services is a consultant anesthetist. The ICU services cannot be started without a consultant anesthetist. Apart from the Kenyatta National Hospital where the number is just about enough, only 11 Level Five Hospitals, and a few high volume district hospitals have consultant anesthetists, meaning that the rest cannot offer ICU services. The total number of anesthetists in the country is only 58, with 46 of them deployed in the public hospitals currently offering ICU services. In Kenyatta National Hospital, we have ... view
• 18 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Coast General Hospital, two in Nakuru General Hospital, two in Kisumu General Hospital, one in Nyeri General Hospital and only one in Kisii Level Five Hospital. view
• 18 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Proper health care requires establishment of high dependency units to hold patients discharged from the ICUs before they are well enough to be admitted into the general wards. Establishment of high dependency units is also a very costly venture, as it requires specialised equipment and qualified staff. The ICUs require provision of sustainable supplies of non-pharmaceuticals that are very expensive and that KEMSA has not been procuring. view
• 18 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: The second question on the plans by the Government to ensure that all public hospitials are able to accommondate all Kenyans needing intensive, or emergency care, the number of patients requiring ICU services has been increasing at a rate that our hospitals are not able to accommodate. Kenya is experiencing a rise in non- communicable diseases, road accidents and inter-ethnic conflicts, some of which lead to health states that require critical care in ICUs. This is because the numbers are overwhelming and the human and financial resources necessary for creation of more ICU beds are lacking. It should be noted ... view