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Medical waste dumped in open poses serious threat to public health
Source: Dawn, Date: , 2016
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 system to
dispose of its medical waste, a major potential threat to the safety of its
staff, patients as well as the community at large, it emerged on Sunday. During
a recent visit to the JPMC’s incinerator located on its premises, feral cats
and birds were found scavenging among the piles of waste, which included
hazardous medical refuse such as empty bottles, used needles, syringes, IV
bags, blood bags and soiled dressings. Read More at : http://www.dawn.com/news/1282049
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