MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — At least 17 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) or inmates in the Mandaue City Jail were positive of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Lawyer Jonathan Baltar,
Lawyer Jonathan Baltar, jail superintendent of the Mandaue City Jail, says these 17 persons deprived or liberty or inmates were recorded to have gotten human immunodeficiency virus before they were brought to the facility. | Mary Rose Sagarino
Lawyer Jonathan Baltar, jail superintendent, said that 15 of the 17 PDLs were from the Male Dormitory while the two others were females.Baltar clarified that the HIV cases that they had so far recorded were acquired by the PDLs before they were brought to the facility.These were only detected after they were subjected to HIV testing during their transfer to the city jail.Baltar said they did not have HIV cases last year.
Some of their health officers were also able to join the training at the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime in September 2022.
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