Inmates of Silchar Central Jail test HIV-Positive

Guwahati: At least five inmates were tested positive for HIV at Assam’s Silchar Central Jail.

According to reports, among the five two were convicts and three were under-trial inmates.

Officials informed that among the two HIV-positive convicts one is suspected to be a Manipur citizen while the other one was a truck driver.

It was further reported that the three other newly discovered HIV-positive individuals are all trial inmates and most of whom are drug addicts.

It may be mentioned that the affected prisoners are currently going under treatment at the Silchar Medical College and Hospital (SMCH)

 

 

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