Simon Lesirma

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: (a) The Regular and Administration Police have an existing arrangement where the officers are treated at the Forces Memorial Hospital for emergency cases, including gun shot injuries. The practice has been going on for long and has served the officers very well. view
• 11 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: (b) All officers are automatically registered with NHIF by virtue of their being civil servants. Through the Medical Insurance Fund, the officers are accorded affordable medical care. view
• 11 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: (c) the Department has an established air wing that is always deployed to attend to casualties in far flung areas. In the event that our aircraft are not available, the military has always been handy in providing this service. The department has a fleet of ambulances that are used to ferry casualties to health facilities. view
• 11 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Question was asked before and it was handled by my colleague. The requirement was that we consult with the Ministry of State for Defence. The hon. Member, who is an ex-military major, knows very well as a doctor who has served in that hospital that it is a military hospital. view
• 11 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Therefore, it cannot serve all the police for minor injuries and other illnesses. They are catered for under the civilian National Social Insurance Fund (NHIF). That is the position. It is a military hospital. We are, however, in the process of developing a Police Group Accident Policy. We are also working out an arrangement where we will set up a police hospital in the near future. For now, it remains a military hospital and we think the services they are providing are good enough. view
• 11 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have not said they are not better than anybody. I just said that this is a military hospital and it provides services to some level for the APs and the Regular Police. I also said that police officers are covered under the NHIF and we are working on a Fe bruary 11, 2009 PARLIAMENTAR Y DEBATES view
• 11 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the consultations were not complete. I can go and bring a proper answer. It is an adequate answer, but for the time being, I can only say that the hospital cannot adequately provide services to the Regular Police and the APs as it does to the military. We can continue to consult and see what can be done. view
• 11 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: I will do so, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 11 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me apologise on behalf of my colleague who was supposed to answer this Question. view
• 11 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: 4846 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES February 11, 2009 view