(3.03 p.m.) COVID-19 – DIALYSIS PATIENTS’ DEATHS – FACT-FINDING COMMITTEE REPORT

Madam Speaker, with your permission, I wish to make a statement pertaining to rendering public the Fact-Finding Committee Report in regard to the deaths of dialysis patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. Madam Speaker, as I informed the House and replied to PQ I B/18 and I B/24 during the Sitting of the National Assembly held on Tuesday 10 December 2024, the Fact-Finding Committee Report contains sensitive, personal, and medical information; thus prior consent from the family of the deceased is mandatory for the document to be released in the public domain. My Ministry has now secured their consent, accordingly. Madam Speaker, with your kind permission, I am thus tabling a copy of the Fact- Finding Committee Report. At the same time, in a spirit of transparency, I am also tabling a copy of the report of enquiries carried out by the Medical Negligence Standing Committee.

Thank you, hon. Minister!