The lengthy procedure involved in sending inmates to a district hospital for the required treatment, the severe understaffing in prisons lead to prison staff ignoring medical complaints of prisoners and also avoiding the mechanism of transfer of the inmate to a district hospital to avoid the burden of official paperwork, Chakraburtty points out in her report. The procedure of sending inmates for medical check-ups or treatment to a district hospital is extremely lengthy.She also pointed out that often, medical procedures are delayed due to non-availability of guards, that prisons often have no ambulance, and these too cause delays.Bhatti, Azad’s personal physician, says the Bhim Army chief suffers from polycythaemia, a blood-related disease, has been under treatment at the Haematology Department, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, and requires regular monitoring including a procedure called phlebotomy.

Strangely, he was taken to Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital in West Delhi, and not AIIMS, where he was undergoing treatment.Should prisoners, including political prisoners, be forced to go to court or seek the media’s assistance to get the medical treatment they need?A case in point is that of Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad, arrested in a case relating to alleged incitement of violence during anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 (CAA) protests at Jama Masjid. The Supreme Court has upheld the “right to healthcare” as an essential ingredient under Article 21 of the Constitution in its judgement Pt. Once, when I was late to see a jail doctor because I had fever, I was ticked off. I was told no permission can be given to me to go out for medical treatment though I told several doctors in the jail about my medical condition, my specific Hockey Tape Manufacturers needs, and that I am being treated by doctors at AIIMS.Bhatti says Azad was not allowed to access the necessary follow-up treatment and investigations initially when he was held in custody.Nabi has been undergoing treatment for throat cancer at Jaipur’s Bhagwan Mahavir Hospital for several years.Uttar Pradesh has the highest prisoner population.The recent public protests against the citizenship law and related matters bring to the fore the issue of a prisoner’s right to adequate medical care. Medical clinics are usually run by compounders who keep only basic medicines such as Paracetamol and some B-Complex vitamins…

There is a severe shortage of medical staff in prison. She can be reached at patralekha. A case in point is that of Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad, arrested in a case relating to alleged incitement of violence during anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 (CAA) protests at Jama Masjid. There was no real treatment at Tihar. The doctors treated me very This means that proper medical care can be availed only by a few inmates in each prison — those who have the resources.According to India Justice Report 2019, an initiative of Tata Trusts, the nationwide prison occupancy rate stood at 114 per cent as of 2016.But even after 10 days, reports in the national media suggest that he had been lying in Firozabad Jail’s medical ward with a fracture in his left arm and one each in both his legs, unattended.This week, his family told this columnist that Nabi is being treated for his broken limbs in Agra but he is yet to receive chemotherapy, which he desperately needs.Over the years, several court rulings have repeatedly drawn attention to issues of overcrowding, poor sanitation, nutrition, as well as shortage of prison staff in India’s jails. I did not see any real interest in my medical condition…” Azad told this columnist at a recent press conference in New Delhi just before leaving the city.

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