7am News, Sports and Obits

Latest WGIL news
Click to play or
Right click and "Save Target As" to download
Click for Galesburg, Illinois Forecast
Home - Cancellations - Community Events - Contact Us - Mornings - News - Obituaries - Pictures - Programs - Special Events Audio - Sports - Weather
Officials Launch Inmate Treatment Program for HIV
CHICAGO (AP) -- State officials have started a telemedicine pilot program to treat HIV and Hepatitis C at three Illinois correctional centers and hope to expand the program.

The Illinois Department of Corrections and University of Illinois at Chicago have partnered for it. It's called the "Telemedicine Pilot Program" and is currently at correctional centers in Danville, Lincoln and Robinson.

It works like this: Each center has a screen with medical instruments connected to a UIC telemedicine unit. That means the doctor can see the patient's heart and lungs at the university. A medical staff member with the inmate can be directed by the UIC specialist.

A corrections medical director says the program allows for specialty care of complex medical issues from remote locations.

Officials hope to add three prisons each month.

(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
07 28 10 by Newsroom
News management powered by Xpression News

Click here for the WGIL News Archive

Click here for national news

The following provision applies to all visitors (which shall include persons and representatives of legal entities, whether such representatives are persons or digital engines of a kind that crawls, indexes, scrapes, copies, stores or transmits digital content). By accessing this Web site or digital service, you specifically acknowledge and agree that: (i) Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium; (ii) No Associated Press materials nor any portion thereof may be stored in a computer except for personal and non-commercial use; (iii) The Associated Press will not be held liable for any delays, inaccuracies, errors or omissions therefrom or in the transmission or delivery of all or any part thereof or for any damages arising from any of the foregoing; (iv) The Associated Press is an intended third party beneficiary of these terms and conditions and it may exercise all rights and remedies available to it; and (v) The Associated Press reserves the right to audit possible unauthorized commercial use of AP materials or any portion thereof at any time.