Guwahati: Five prisoners at Silchar Central Jail in Assam tested positive for HIV. Two convicts and three under-trial prisoners have tested positive. The jail authorities have started a mandatory testing for HIV for all prisoners in the jail.
Earlier this month, 88 under-trial prisoners tested HIV positive in Nagaon district of Assam. The state government then had ordered to conduct mass HIV testing in jails.
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The HIV positive affected prisoners are undergoing treatment at the Silchar Medical College and Hospital (SMCH). They were also being kept separated from the other inmates.
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