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(1) On the occurrence of a case or suspected cases of any infectious disease, the Superintendent shall contact the Civil Surgeon for making necessary arrangements and the prisoners shall be shifted to an infectious disease hospital outside the prison. On the request of the Superintendent, the District Superintendent of Police shall deploy necessary police guard for the safety and security of the prisoners. 1390 HARYANA GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA.), DEC. 30, 2022 (PAUS. 9, 1944 SAKA) (2) If the suspected cases of infectious disease are expected to be large in number, the Superintendent shall send a written request to the District Magistrate to identify a separate building for the segregation of prisoners outside the prison walls. (3) Once the report regarding the identification of the building is received from the District Magistrate, the Superintendent shall visit the said identified building and satisfy himself that the building is safe and secure to prevent any escape. The Superintendent shall send his written request along with his recommendation to the Director General for getting the building declared as Segregation and Isolation Facility from the Government. (4) Once Segregation and Isolation Facility shall be notified by the Government, the suspected cases of any infectious disease in the prison shall not be taken to hospital but shall be immediately shifted to one of these notified Segregation and Isolation Facility. On the request of the Superintendent, the District Superintendent of Police shall deploy necessary police guard for the safety and security of the prisoners in and around such ‘Segregation and Isolation Facility’. (5) The Director General may notify one or more prisons as Segregation and Isolation Facility to isolate the infected or suspected cases of disease amongst the prisoners. In such a case, the Director General may transfer all the prisoners already confined in the notified prison to other prisons and shift the infected cases of disease in such Segregation and Isolation Facilities. (6) On the request of the Superintendent, the District Superintendent of Police of the district from where the infected prisoners are to be shifted, shall provide the necessary vehicles and police guard to transfer the prisoners to the notified prisons. (7) The Health Department shall ensure that sufficient number of medical staff, paramedical staff, required equipments, medicines and all other necessary arrangements are timely made available in the notified prisons and ‘Segregation and Isolation Facilities’. Vaccination or inoculation.