A DOTS supervisor at the clinic where suspected TB patients are seen |
Dr Jindani, the prison's Medical Officer, at the microscopy laboratory |
Dr Jindani, the prison's Medical Officer, at the microscopy laboratory |
New prisoners awaiting their TB screening |
A prisoner in the prison hospital ward |
Prisoners in the prison hospital ward. |
Prisoners waiting to take their TB treatment. |
Prisoners waiting to take their TB treatment. |
Prisoners, waiting to take their TB treatment, watched over by guards. |
Prisoners, waiting to take their TB treatment, watched over by guards. |
Dr Jindani, the prison's Medical Officer, stands outside the prison clinic with Superintendent Mr Tigga and support staff. |
A prison guard talks to a TB patient who has been put in isolation. If the patient is infectious, he is kept in this isolation cell until his sputum tests negative. He is then free to rejoin his fellow prisoners. |
A prison guard talks to a TB patient who has been put in isolation. If the patient is infectious, he is kept in this isolation cell until his sputum tests negative. He is then free to rejoin his fellow prisoners. |
Superintendent Mr Tigga puts on display embroidery specific to the region of Chattisgarh. These handicrafts are made by the prisoners and sold in the prison shop and local markets. |
Prisoners making embroidery specific to the region of Chattisgarh. These handicrafts are sold in the prison shop and local markets. |
Prisoners return to their cells for lock-up at 11.30am. |
Prisoners making crafts which are then sold in the prison shop and local markets. |
Prisoners in the tailoring workshop making clothes which are then sold in the prison shop and local markets. |
The prison brass band which is made up of prisoners. The band is hired out to play at local functions, including weddings. |
The prison brass band which is made up of prisoners. The band is hired out to play at local functions, including weddings. |
With guards on either side of them, TB patients pose in the women's section of the prison. They are allowed to keep their children with them until the age of 6 years, at which time they must leave and return to their family. |
With guards on either side of them, TB patients pose in the women's section of the prison. They are allowed to keep their children with them until the age of 6 years, at which time they must leave and return to their family. |
With guards on either side of them, TB patients pose in the women's section of the prison. They are allowed to keep their children with them until the age of 6 years, at which time they must leave and return to their family. |
With guards on either side of them, TB patients pose in the women's section of the prison. They are allowed to keep their children with them until the age of 6 years, at which time they must leave and return to their family. |
Dr Jindani counsels one of his TB patients through her TB treatment in the women's section of the prison. |
The entrance to Central Jail, Bilaspur. |
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