Strengthen feeding to reduce cases of tuberculosis in Chincha Prison

The lack of drugs in the basic table in the area of health and the deficit in the personnel of custodians is the main challenge facing the administration of the San Miguel prison, which currently stands at 95 percent of its capacity, with 3,397 inmates. This was admitted by the director [...] The entry Lack of medicines and personnel, the challenge facing the San Miguel prison in Puebla: directora aparece primero en La Jornada de Oriente.

According to the director of the institution, Willy Ruiz Peña, this programme directly benefits 134 inmates and, indirectly, some 600 persons within the prison, thus contributing to their recovery and helping to reduce the spread of the disease. The programme is being developed in coordination with the National Penitentiary Institute (INPE) and the Provincial Municipality of Chincha, with the aim of strengthening the feeding of inmates in treatm…

In the penitentiary establishment of Chincha, the PANTBC Food Supplementation Program was implemented, which aims to contribute to improving the nutritional status of inmates affected by tuberculosis. Director Willy Ruiz Peña said that there are 134 people deprived of their liberty who benefit directly, and in addition to their environment, which add up to 600 others attended.Nutritive valueRuiz indicates that following the directives of the INP…