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Health Facilities

Hospitals having all basic health facilities are available at all Jails of the Punjab with sufficient quantity of medicines in store. Male and Female Medical Officers and Paramedical Staff are also available to provide health care facilities to the prisoners inside the Jail Hospital. All basic diagnostic facilities like ECG, Ultrasound Machine, X-Ray Plant, Dental Unit, Mini Labs and screening tests of Hepatitis B&C, HIV/ AIDs, HCV etc have been provided at these hospitals. Full time Medical Officers have been posted at every jail to examine and treat the prisoners on indoor and outdoor basis in addition to  providing free medicines and vaccination as per their needs. A Mini Operation Theater is also available at some jails for carrying out minor surgeries. Ambulances are also been provided for emergency shifting of prisoners from Jail to outside Hospital.

Budget Allocated for Purchase of Medicines

Financial Year Purchase through Home Department Local Purchase
2011-12 21.624 (M) 25.801 (M)
2012-13 6.306 (M) 6.980 (M)
2013-14 Rs. 55,284,407/-
2014-15 Rs. 94,244,864/-
2015-16 Rs. 29,800,000/-
2016-17 Rs. 80,000,000/-
2017-18 Rs. 79,056,000/-
2018-19 Rs. 85,488,000/-
2019-20 Rs. 81,000,000/-
2020-21 Rs. 103,586,000/-
2021-22 Rs. 73,721,000/-
2022-23 Rs. 162,648,000/-
2023-24 Rs. 159,235,000/-

It is submitted that reference to Government of the Punjab Primary & Secondary Healthcare Department Notification No.SO(EP&C)6-5/2018(Misc) dated 01.01.2024, management & budgetary control of Jail Hospitals has been transferred from Prisons authorities to Primary & Secondary Healthcare Department to ensure optimal health service delivery.

Medical Equipment

Name of Equipment Quantity Name of Equipment Quantity Name of Equipments Quantity
X-Ray Machines 30 ESR Stand 59 Weight Machine 92
Dental Unites 43 Operation Theater Light 30 Nebulizer 89
Ultrasound Machines 92 Digital Incubator 06 Nebulization Machine 65
ECG Machines 94 Water Bath 37 BP Apparatus 159
Hemaglobin Meter 20 Centrifuge Machine 53 Sthethoscope 148
Sucker Machines  29 Hematology Analyzer 43 Autofrecto meter 37
Oxygen Cylinders  234 Pipette Stands 43 Colori meter 13
Instrument Trolley 29 Pipette Adjustable 90 Clinical Hammer 54
Dressing Drum 84 Ambu Bag 45 Gluco meter 108
Microscope 51 Semi Auto Chemistry Analyzer 22 Auto Claves 33
Water Still 30 Cardiac Monitor 17 Operation Theater Table 19
Snellen eye chart 20 Defibrillator 06 Height Machine 48
Pulse Oximeter 81 Wheel Chair 203 Stretcher 115
Sets of Surgical Instument 133 (Sets) Fully Equipped Resuscitation Trolly 06 Examination Couch with Footstep 32
Examination Light 48 Medicine Trolley 20 Non-invasive Cardiac Monitor 06
Dialysis Machine 02 Bed Sheet 4351 Pillow Cover 1865
Stopwatch 13 Sample Transport Box with Ice Pack 46 ESR Racks 39
Test Tube Racks 76 Refrigerator 86 Slides Box 71

 

Provision of Ambulances

As regard the facility of ambulance is concerned, 44 ambulances have been provided to the Jails. Now at present all the jails in Punjab Jails have the facility of ambulance to carry / shift the critical patients outside the Jail on emergency basis. New ambulances have been provided to the following Jails:

Central Jails

  • Lahore
  • Gujranwala
  • Sahiwal
  • Rawalpindi
  • Faisalabad
  • Mianwali
  • Bahawalpur
  • Multan
  • D.G Khan

District Jails

  • Lahore
  • Sheikhupura
  • Sialkot
  • Narowal
  • Kasur
  • Hafizabad
  • Okara
  • Pakpattan
  • Attock
  • Gujrat
  • Jhelum
  • M.B Din
  • Faisalabad
  • T.T Singh
  • Sargodha
  • Shahpur
  • R.Y Kahn
  • Bahawalnagar
  • Lodhran
  • Multan
  • Khanewal
  • Vehari
  • Muzaffargarh
  • Rajanpur
  • Bhakkar

Borstal Jails

  • Faisalabad
  • Bahawalpur

Other Jails

  • Sub Jail, Chakwal
  • Women Jail, Multan
  • HSP Sahiwal

Visit of Consultants

Prisons Department has issued directions to all the jail authorities for ensuring treatment of inmates in Jail Hospitals. Medical Specialists /  Consultants from the local DHQ Hospitals are routinely visiting Jails to examine and treat the sick prisoners. They visit jails with the cooperation of the concerned CEO Health on fixed working days.

Health Profiling of Prisoners

Health profiling of prisoners is done at the time of entering into the Jail. The tuberculosis screening by sputum examination is also being carried out according to the guidelines given by the T.B Reach Project, Provincial T.B Control Program, Punjab. For treatment and care of HIV/AIDs positive prisoners, the Punjab AIDs Control Program has already coordinated with District Health and Jail Authorities for initial screening of the prisoners.