Journal of AdvancedMedical and Dental Sciences Research

The WHO defined “Essential medicines (drugs) are those that satisfy the priority healthcare needs of the population. They are selected with due regard to public health relevance, evidence on efficacy and safety, comparative cost effectiveness and it should be available at all time, in adequate amounts, in appropriate dosages forms, with assured quality and adequate information”. In a nation like India which has huge topographical regionthere might be contrasts in healthcare services needs inside the nation, crosswise over various areas. Jail is an exceptional setting for essential human services. All jail wellbeing administrations need to try to furnish detainees with human services proportional to that given in the general population. The purpose of this study was to make a list of proportion of occurring diseases in jail inmates of new modern jail, Faridkot and make an essential medicine list for the jail hospital. The study population consisted of 200 jail inmates attending OPD of jail hospital, out of which most common were generalized body ache (15%), insomnia (22%), acid peptic disease (15%), upper respiratory tract infection (15%), migraine (9%) and hypertension (5%). An essential list of medicines needed was prepared and maybe used by the jail hospital authorities in their dispensary for ensuring proper primary health care for the jail inmates. As the prison population continues to grow and to age, the burden of these conditions on correctional and community health care systems can be expected to increase.
Key Words Prison health care, India, essential medicine list.

Corresponding author: Dr. Debraj Bhowmick, Deptt.  of  Pharmacology, GGS Medical College & Hospital (BFUHS), Faridkot.

This article may be cited as: Bhowmick D, Jain A. A study to make a list of proportion of occurring diseases in jail inmates of new modern jail, Faridkot and make an essential medicine list for the jail hospital.  J Adv Med Dent Scie Res 2017;5(4):15-17.