Kathmandu, January 16
The Central Jail, the largest prison in the country, has brought a 30-bed hospital into operation.
The 104-year-old jail based in Jagannathdewal, Kathmandu had first started medical checkup facilities for inmates and detainees from a room inside around 55 years ago, and it had been able to construct its own building seven years back.
It was developed into a 15-bed health facility in August 2011.
According to the hospital’s Section Officer Sunita Ghimire, the health facility has now been upgraded to increase the areas of medical facilities for the target group. The hospital will have total 67 staff.
It already has 55 doctors.
Separate wards have been established to render medical facilities to female and male patients. OPD, lab, X-ray, ECG and ultrasound services and treatment of dental problem, psychiatric disorders, skin and eye diseases are available in the prison hospital.
The hospital refers those patients whose treatment is not possible here to other government hospitals such as Bir Hospital, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Mental Hospital and Shahid Gangalal National Heart Centre, based on the nature of diseases.
Presently, the jail holds 2,800 inmates and detainees against its certified accommodation capacity of 1,500.
RSS
