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Mbuji-Mayi: over 130 inmates of the Central Prison suffering from tuberculosis

published there 12 hours, 33 minutes | Last Update February 22, 2015 at 9:48 am | in News, Kasai Oriental ...

Over one hundred and thirty inmates of the Central Prison of Mbuji-Mayi (Kasai Orientale) suffer from tuberculosis. These figures given Saturday, February 21 by the Ministry of Health are nearly twenty cases than at the beginning of this month. Two residents of the prison house died of this disease on twelve severe cases and eighty-nine other less severe recorded. Originally built for 200 inmates, the prison has about 913 inmates.

These cases of TB can infect others healthy prisoners, visitors, and even the population living in neighborhoods surrounding the prison houses.

The central prison in Mbuji-Mayi is located in the center of the city. It is surrounded by schools, markets, health centers and other administrative services. The detention center for minors and judicial brigade installed parquet 2 also adjoin the facilities of the Mbuji-Mayi prison.

A delegation of experts from Kinshasa is on hand to rule on this.
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Mbuji-Mayi: government officials visited the prison where rampant tuberculosis

published there 2 hours, 48 ​​minutes | Last Update February 24, 2015 at 12:21 | in News,

A delegation of members of the Departments of Justice and Health conducted a three-day mission in Mbuji-Mayi to assess the health situation in the central prison plagued by tuberculosis. About 130 prisoners in this prison house suffer from this disease. At the end of their mission, the members of the delegation did not report the findings of their report they say reserved to their hierarchy.

The provincial justice minister, Jean-Claude Musaas Manyong, for his part said that some steps have already been taken at local level to deal with this disease in the prison.

"At the provincial level, some recommendations have already been taken into account in particular the isolation of patients, starting treatment. There are other issues such as nutritional supplement that should be the subject of discussions with partners, "he says.

The provincial Minister of Justice states that equipment "came to [...] afford to have a clear idea of ​​this disease in the central prison."

About the number of patients, he believes that patients are among 130.

"But it is after the test to be conducted with the equipment that arrived that will know the number of patients in the prison," he said though.
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