Setting up a COVID-19 Care Facility at a Prison in Pakistan

Services Institute of Medical Sciences, Pakistan

Status: Completed

Conditions: COVID-19

Treatments: Other: COVID-19 FACILITY

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04404179

CovJ

Details and patient eligibility

About

Presenting outline of the steps taken by our team to set up a Covid Care facility within the Prison setting. The facility was set up at Camp Jail (Lahore District Jail) located on Ferozpur Road, Lahore.

Full description

A prisoner brought to Camp Jail developed symptoms of and later tested positive for COVID-19. This lead to almost 527 contacts. An outbreak was expected. To manage the situation , a COVID-19 Care Facility was established within the prison. The study describes the steps taken by the team to set up this facility.

Enrollment: 69 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All COVID-19 positive prisoners within the Camp Jail

Exclusion criteria

• Any patient being shifted to any other facility (except designated)

Trial design

69 participants in 1 patient group

CASE

Description:

59 COVID-19 POSITIVE PRISONERS WHO UNDERWENT TREATMENT AT THE COVID-19 CARE FACILITY AT CAMP JAIL.

Treatment:

Other: COVID-19 FACILITY