Medica­l waste will be collec­ted from all instit­utions across Sindh throug­h geo-mappin­gKARACHI: Geo-mapping of hospitals, clinics, laboratories, blood banks and other related institutions has been commenced in all districts across Sindh in order to gather data that will help the Sindh Solid Waste Management Board (SSWMB) collect medical waste. This was informed in a meeting on Sunday presided by the SSWMB Managing Director Dr AD Sanjani, in which a delegation from the Sindh Health Care Commission (SHCC) gave a detailed report on the proper disposal of medical waste. Two of four planned waste treatment plants may be builtIn the first stage, they informed, work will be started from the larger hospitals of Sindh. The SSWMB staff will weigh the medical waste, assess its properties and then transport it to a facility located at the landfill site for destruction. Dr Sanjani, assuring his full cooperation, said that one part of the land fill site will be assigned for destroying the medical waste.

Source: The Express Tribune April 15, 2019 03:58 UTC