Hundreds of Korat prison inmates afflicted with TB
About 300 inmates of Nakhon Ratchasima Central Prison, both male and female, have been diagnosed with tuberculosis, a senior public health official said on Wednesday.
Dr Thirawat Walaisathien, director of the Ninth Disease Control Office based in the northeastern province, said 3,000 inmates had had their lungs X-rayed after several cases of tuberculosis turned up.
About 300 were found to have abnormalities in their lungs indicating they’d contracted TB. They have been isolated in separate zones and are being treated, Thirawat said.
The physician believed the respiratory disease spread through the prison after being brought in by newly arriving inmates.
He said inmates of other prisons under his office’s jurisdiction would all be checked for TB.
Central Prison inmates were also found suffering from diabetes as well as stress, hypertension and similar ailments, Thirawat said.
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