<p class="title">Nineteen inmates of the Ambala Central Jail were tested positive for HIV, officials said on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">They are now getting treatment at the Postgraduate Institute of Education and Research (PGIMER) in Chandigarh.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Jail Superintendent Lakhbir Singh Barar told reporters here that the National AIDS Control Society had launched a campaign for the detection of HIV, TB, and cataract in the jail.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Test reports revealed that 19 inmates of the jail were HIV positive while 47 suffered from cataract," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Treatment was being provided to the cataract patients, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said all new inmates were tested for HIV before sending them to the barracks.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Awareness camps were also organised in the jail for the inmates, he added. </p>
<p class="title">Nineteen inmates of the Ambala Central Jail were tested positive for HIV, officials said on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">They are now getting treatment at the Postgraduate Institute of Education and Research (PGIMER) in Chandigarh.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Jail Superintendent Lakhbir Singh Barar told reporters here that the National AIDS Control Society had launched a campaign for the detection of HIV, TB, and cataract in the jail.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Test reports revealed that 19 inmates of the jail were HIV positive while 47 suffered from cataract," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Treatment was being provided to the cataract patients, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said all new inmates were tested for HIV before sending them to the barracks.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Awareness camps were also organised in the jail for the inmates, he added. </p>