LAHORE – On the directions of IG Prisons Mirza Shahid Saleem Baigh, an awareness campaign regarding adopting preventive measures for eradicating the coronavirus has been escalated in all prisons across the province.
DIG Prisons and Superintendents Prisons are also ensuring complete implementation on the precautionary measures being intimated by the Health Advisory in this regard.
In every prison four temperature guns are being provided through which temperature of all the visitors coming to jails along with officials working in Jails is checked.
If some prisoner is suspected with coronavirus symptoms then he is immediately sent to concerned district hospital for treatment or is being kept in the quarantine centre in isolation with other prisoners.
In every prison separate coronavirus centre is being immediately setup consisting of at least four cells. Suspected prisoners are being provided with soap and masks during the course of coronavirus diagnosis. The cases of such prisoners who are suffering from coronavirus are being intimated to the learned trial court in writing and with the permission of court it is also ensured that they should not be presented before any court during the course of trial proceedings till completely getting recovered.
An awareness campaign is also being run on the media to adopt precautionary measures to save people from coronavirus. Medical officers along with paramedical staff examine all the Jail officers along with staff and also impart awareness lectures to them in this regard. –HANDOUT
