The lax medical waste disposal practices that resulted in a terrifying health crisis - a Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) outbreak among children in 2019 - appear to continue unabated. Then, as local and international media descended upon the small town it emerged that Ratodero’s streets were not just littered with quack - fake - doctors but also used syringes and medical waste. Lax measuresDoctors in Ratodero claim that medical waste is now dumped at the incinerator installed by the government at the taluka hospital. “Medical waste is more hazardous than domestic waste. Multiple attempts were made to contact the provincial head of the HIV/AIDS Control Programme Dr Saqib Shaikh for his comment on the current medical waste disposal mechanism in Ratodero but he could not be reached.

Source: The Express Tribune May 17, 2021 11:26 UTC