Inmates in Punjab not screened for AIDS for 6 months

No medical camp was set up at any jail in Punjab over the last six months to check inmates for AIDS, the Punjab Assembly was told on Thursday.

Replying to questions about the Prisons Department, Minister Zawar Hussain Warriach said camps to detect AIDS patients in jails were set up during the tenure of the last government, but no such exercise was undertaken over the last six months.  Read More