Her Majesty's Prison opened a new diagnostic and pharmaceutical unit Thursday aimed at improving prisoner health and reducing the burden on public health facilities.
During the launch of the unit, Health Minister Hubert Minnis said there 115 inmates (out of more than 1,380) with chronic illnesses, and at least 90 who have tested positive for a communicable disease.
The prison now has a fully-functional clinic in maximum security and secondary unit in the remand centre. Health staff at the prison includes two doctors, four nurses, a pharmacist and a phlebotomist (someone trained to draw an blood for testing), who treat about 140 inmates a week.
It has also ended the use of slop buckets.
-Guardian and Tribune
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