Shiva Kumar, a 39-year old lifer, escaped from Victoria hospital on May 16, after he was sent as caretaker for another prison inmate.
While it may not be possible to avoid visits to hospitals for undertrials completely, the government will now work towards bringing telemedicine facility in all prisons to reduce such “medical visits”. The facility is at present available only in a few prisons in the State. “Many prisoners who do not wish to spend time in jail give medical excuses to get themselves admitted to jail wards in hospitals. They cannot offer lame medical excuses to escape from imprisonment hereafter,” Mr. George said.
