Pakistan Inmates Hepatitis
Pakistan: 71 inmates in Karachi prison found infected with hepatitis
Karachi: A large number of inmates in Pakistan's Malir district jail have been found infected with hepatitis B and hepatitis C during a screening camp, media reports said on Friday.
According to a press release, 71 inmates at the district jail were found infected with hepatitis B and C at a 10-day vaccination/screening camp, which concluded on Thursday at the prison, reports Dawn News.
The infected prisoners, it said, were also drug addicts.
About the relevant prison rules, he said that while there were rules in place requiring screening of new prisoners for infectious diseases, he was not aware of their status of implementation.
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