Ndhiwa MP Martin Owino has accused doctors of commercialising healthcare.
He said doctors who practice in both private clinics and public hospitals push patients away from public hospitals and send them to their private clinics.
"Before, if you were a public servant, you would look at that as a career and just love it and do your work," he said during an interview on Friday morning.
Owino said health practitioners today view healthcare as a development agenda to attract investors particularly in infrastructure, supply and human resource.
He said the emergency response in Kenya is wanting as many people die on stretchers.
The legislator said the government should have the right system of knowing what to do when a patient like baby Travis goes to the hospital.
He said care should begin from the watchman to the surgeon, as it would save lives.
KMPDU secretary general Dr Davji Atella however said doctors are required to work 40 hours a week in a public hospital and they utilise the rest of their time in their clinics.
"We prefer to refer patients to our clinics instead of letting them die in public hospitals, which are not well equipped," he said.
Atella said doctors working privately, publicly or both, is not the issue.
He said he has not heard complaints of doctors missing medical appointment because they were busy elsewhere.
The official said poorly equipped hospitals and low payments have pushed doctors to their clinics, seeking to provide better services to their patients.
Samburu woman MP Paline Lenguris however said Kenyans need to change their attitude towards healthcare.
She said only high profile cases can be referred to Kenyatta National Hospital or Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital.
"If we don't hire specialists and have equipment in all 47 counties, we will be reacting to cases arriving at KNH," Lenguris said.
The legislator said each county needs a health facility, which is well equipped and workers are paid.
She also said there should be an increment of specialised services and minimising of hospital expenses on the same.