West Bengal prisons are goverened by the West Bengal Correctional Services Act, 1992
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- Operation and Ancillary Surgical Procedures undertaken in Surgical Wing of the Alipore Central Correctional Home per year:
- Surgical operations major and minor on average per month are 14 and ancillary procedures like anal dilation, anal stretch up, and Prostatic massage for Prostatites is about 10.
- On an average 20-24 per month.
- Types of Surgery done:
- Parotidectomy (Paleys Operation)
- Cholecystectomy (Gall bladder operation)
- Vagotomy & Gastrojejunostomy
- Lumber Sympathectomy
- Incision Hernia
- Appendectomy
- Exploration & repair of intestinal fistula
- Operation on Inguinal Hernia
- Operation on Hydrocele
- Circumcision
- Haemorrhoidectomy
- Fistulectomy
- Excisions of lumps of various origin
- Excision of corns etc
Year |
In-Patient |
Out-Patient |
||
UTP |
Convict |
UTP |
Convict |
|
| 2002 | 2835 | 197 | 27874 | 7150 |
| 2203 | 2789 | 121 | 29984 | 8320 |
| 2004 | 3137 | 181 | 31255 | 9125 |
| 2005 | 3242 | 249 | 35621 | 10234 |
| 2006 | 2800 | 296 | 16536 | 10428 |
| 2007 | 2410 | 175 | 18670 | 960 |
| 2008 | 2510 | 205 | 17850 | 1040 |
| 2009 | 1960 | 130 | 11700 | 780 |