<p>Jailed gangster Abu Salem, who is suffering from malaria, has refused to get admitted to a hospital, preferring treatment inside the prison, said a hospital official Saturday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"Salem came to the hospital for diagnosis. He tested positive for malaria Friday," T.P. Lahane, dean of J.J. Hospital, told IANS.<br /><br />"But he refused to get admitted to the prison ward of the hospital. He said he would get treated within the jail."<br /><br />Hospital sources, however, said Salem did not get admitted to the hospital's prison ward since his demand for a separate ward was not accepted.<br /><br />Salem, who was deported from Portugal, has been lodged in Taloja Central Jail in Navi Mumbai the past two years. <br /><br />He was brought to the J.J. Hospital for tests after he complained of fever and shivering.<br />Lahane said Salem was referred to doctors from the medicine department, who advised a blood test. <br /><br />"The test confirmed he was suffering from P vivax malaria and was advised treatment," he said.<br /><br />Ajmal Kasab, the 26/11 terrorist who was hanged in a Pune jail Nov 21, was diagnosed with dengue-like fever Nov 4. Doctors from the J.J. Hospital treated him at Mumbai's Arthur Road Jail.</p>
<p>Jailed gangster Abu Salem, who is suffering from malaria, has refused to get admitted to a hospital, preferring treatment inside the prison, said a hospital official Saturday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"Salem came to the hospital for diagnosis. He tested positive for malaria Friday," T.P. Lahane, dean of J.J. Hospital, told IANS.<br /><br />"But he refused to get admitted to the prison ward of the hospital. He said he would get treated within the jail."<br /><br />Hospital sources, however, said Salem did not get admitted to the hospital's prison ward since his demand for a separate ward was not accepted.<br /><br />Salem, who was deported from Portugal, has been lodged in Taloja Central Jail in Navi Mumbai the past two years. <br /><br />He was brought to the J.J. Hospital for tests after he complained of fever and shivering.<br />Lahane said Salem was referred to doctors from the medicine department, who advised a blood test. <br /><br />"The test confirmed he was suffering from P vivax malaria and was advised treatment," he said.<br /><br />Ajmal Kasab, the 26/11 terrorist who was hanged in a Pune jail Nov 21, was diagnosed with dengue-like fever Nov 4. Doctors from the J.J. Hospital treated him at Mumbai's Arthur Road Jail.</p>