CONTENTS Part-1 UNDERSTANDING THE HEALTHCARE IN CUSTODY 1993-2018 ,u ,p vkj lh % iPphl o’kZ&vla[; vk’kk,a Nhrc : Twenty Five Years-billion Hopes (Page No. 1-23) Rights of a patient Duties of a prisoner Types of prisoners and different custodies Immediate health rights of a person under detention General duties of a jail doctor Examples of violation of human rights in healthcare What constitutes adequacy of patient care? When should inadequacy of treatment be suspected by investigator? Which records should be observed while investigating cases for adequacy of patient care? 10 Consequences of incomplete medical records 11 Duration for which medical records should be preserved 12 What are the hurdles in investigation of violation of health rights? 13 Diagnostic dif iculties faced by doctor in prison 14 Good practices for improvement of prison health services 15 Good practices for doctors by which suspicion of inadequacy of patient care during investigations could be reduced 16 What are the conditions related to autopsy because of which suspicion of inadequacy of patient care or conduction of hasty post-mortem may arise? 17 Error of judgement in diagnosis and negligence 18 What is the difference between negligence, rashness and recklessness? 19 Factors contributing to cause death in prison 20 Procedures to be adopted on irst admission to prison 21 What questions should arise in the mind of the doctor while examining the prisoner upon irst admission to prison? 22 What are the provisions for recording of directions passed by the medical of icer? 23 What are the provisions of punishment for prison offences? 24 What are the duties of Medical Of icer while certifying itness of prisoner for punishment? 25 Communication about prisoner's death 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 FORENSIC INVESTIGATION | III