‘There are No Tests, Medicines’
Nargis says Khalid started developing symptoms on 18 April and went to the OPD for treatment.
“Khalid went to the jail OPD for help but the OPD staff did not let him inside. They said ‘whatever problem you have, we will send the medicine to you directly’. He asked them to at least check his health and see if he was suffering from Covid or something. He told me that they did not have any such test and that they would treat him with medicines for flu, fever. So, firstly they do not have any facilities to test people and secondly, they do not have any medication? He said the man at the OPD also told him that if we tested in today’s time more than 50 percent of the inmates would turn out to be COVID positive,” his wife said.
Regarding the larger medical effort in Mandoli jail, Goel explained, “There has been regular screening of inmates above 60 years and those with…