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Faulty incinerator Hospitals disposing of waste manually [1]

The Punjab government has not yet taken steps to repair or replace the only incinerator installed at Holy Family Hospital which stopped functioning about two months back, forcing three government hospitals in the city to dispose of their infectious waste manually.

Sources told Dawn on Sunday that since the incinerator developed faults, its management did not lift waste from District Headquarter

Publication Date: 
03/05/2011
Aamir Yasin [2]
Dawn (Pakistan) [3]
Tags:
Pakistan [4], Punjab [5], Hazardous Waste [6], Hospital Waste [7], Health Effects [8]
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