a simple innovation might bring respite to those struggling to manage medical waste in an ecofriendly manner. Vikrant Chitnis, a senior research fellow at Indore-based Choithram Hospital and Research Centre, has developed a system that disinfects medical waste by exposing it to the sun's rays (which are capable of destroying harmful bacteria). As per Chitnis, the system is cost-effective. The World Health Organization and the us-based coalition group Health Care Without Harm have recently awarded the method for being the best non-burn technology.
The system functions simply
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