Medical waste dumped in open poses serious threat to public health

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Medical waste dumped in open poses serious threat to public health [1]

KARACHI: Despite being the largest public sector hospital in the city and among the few that have an incinerator, the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JMPC) at present doesn’t have a proper syst

Publication Date:

05/09/2016

Source: Dawn (Pakistan) [2]

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