99% of inmates' death due to health problems
Almost 99 per cent of the 2,587 deaths of prison inmates recorded between 2000 and Nov 23 this year occurred in hospitals and were due to health problems, the Dewan Negara was told today.
Almost 99 per cent of the 2,587 deaths of prison inmates recorded between 2000 and Nov 23 this year occurred in hospitals and were due to health problems, the Dewan Negara was told today.
Home Minister Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said that according to the Prisons Department's statistics, 2,555 of the inmates died while undergoing treatment for their ailments, especially HIV.
Other health problems which had claimed the lives of the inmates in hospitals were septicaemia, pulmonary tuberculosis, cancer, heart ailment, blood problem and asthma.
He said this in a written reply to senator Mustafa Kamal Mohd Yusoff who wanted to know the number and causes of death of prison inmates from 2000.
Hishammuddin said only 32 cases or 1.2 per cent of the deaths occurred in prisons.
Investigation reports and post-mortems revealed that of the total, 31 committed suicide while the other one was electrocuted, he added.
- Bernama
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