By Deng Ghai Deng<\/p>\n
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Bor Central Prison welcomed a much-needed consignment of medical supplies on Tuesday, the first delivery in seven months, addressing a critical shortage of essential medications for inmates.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n The prison health facility has been struggling to provide care for inmates vulnerable to diseases such as malaria, typhoid, and skin infections.<\/p>\n Director General of Bor State Hospital, Duop Lam, stated that the delivery followed a special request due to a significant increase in reported illnesses among the prison population.<\/p>\n \u201cThis timely shipment is important for our efforts to ensure that the health needs of inmates are met. We must prioritize the well-being of those in our care, and this delivery is a step in the right direction,\u201d Lam said.<\/p>\n Paul Bol Ador, the director of Bor Central Prison, expressed gratitude for the timely donation.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are grateful for the drugs delivered to us today. The prisoners have been suffering from a lack of medications in the facility. While we understand that drug shortages are a national issue, we thank the state minister of health for the supplies we have received,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Anees Ahmed, Chief of Rule of Law at UNMISS, stressed the importance of this delivery as part of their mandate to strengthen human rights and justice.<\/p>\n \u201cThis donation is part of the joint efforts by the international community and the government of South Sudan to ensure that prisoners receive the care they deserve,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n Currently, Bor Central Prison houses 430 inmates, including 20 females, many of whom have been in dire need of medical attention.<\/p>\n The recent delivery marks a hopeful step toward improving the health conditions within the facility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Deng Ghai Deng Bor Central Prison welcomed a much-needed consignment of medical supplies on Tuesday, the first delivery in seven months, addressing a critical shortage of essential medications for inmates. The prison health facility has been struggling to provide care for inmates vulnerable to diseases such as malaria,[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":29746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[116,80,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jonglei-state","category-national","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Bor-Prison-medical-supply.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29745"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29747,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29745\/revisions\/29747"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}