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  "id": 13143040,
  "title": "Cabinet approves 2,000-bed hospital and Ksh8B cancer care plan",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/cabinet-approves-2-000-bed-hospital-and-ksh8b-cancer-care-plan",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-09T14:58:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
    "slug": "people-daily-kenya",
    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/news/cabinet-approves-2000-bed-hospital-and-ksh8b-cancer-care-plan"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Cabinet has endorsed plans to expand hospital capacity across Kenya, including a 2,000-bed Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, a 1,000-bed Level Six facility in Mombasa and a Ksh8 billion programme to strengthen specialised cancer treatment. The proposals, announced in a Cabinet dispatch on Friday, October 9, 2026, are aimed at expanding access to specialised […]",
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      {
        "outlet": "KahawaTungu",
        "title": "Cabinet Approves Plan to Build 2,000-Bed MTRH Hospital and 1,000-Bed Facility in Mombasa",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/cabinet-approves-plan-to-build-2-000-bed-mtrh-hospital-and-1-000-bed",
        "published": "2026-10-09T13:36:53.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}