Digital Healthcare Revolution: Telemedicine for Inmates

The Union home ministry urges states and Union Territories to implement telemedicine in prisons, enabling inmates to access timely medical care. This initiative aims to improve healthcare delivery through video conferencing, enhancing inmates' health outcomes while reducing logistical challenges and supporting rehabilitation efforts within correctional facilities.

The Union home ministry has directed all states and Union Territories to equip prisons with telemedicine facilities, ensuring timely medical care for inmates.

In a communiqué, the ministry emphasized the need for telemedicine as an efficient solution for healthcare in correctional facilities, linking prisons with government hospitals via video conferencing.

This initiative is expected to overcome logistical challenges, uphold inmates' human rights, and improve health outcomes, urging states to integrate these services with existing telemedicine platforms.

(With inputs from agencies.)