‘Incinerators in 13 hospitals fully functional’
Incinerators at 13 hospitals of Faisalabad were fully functional and 2,100 kgs of hazardous medical waste was being disposed daily in an environmentally friendly manner, said a spokesperson for Environment Protection Department (EPD) on Tuesday.
He stated that incinerators had been installed at 13 hospitals including five government and eight private hospitals of Faisalabad.
He added that a double chamber incinerator was working at the Allied Hospital which had a capacity to dispose of 120 kg medical waste per hour and daily, 450 kgs of waste was being disposed of. “Similarly, an incinerator at the District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital had a capacity to dispose of 50 kgs of medical waste per house and total 253 kgs of medical waste was being disposed of in this hospital.”
He further said that 60 kgs of waste was being disposed of daily at General Hospital Ghulam Muhammad Abad while 30 kgs in THQ Jaranwala and 15 kgs in THQ hospital Sammundri.
He further said that 1,292 kgs of waste was being disposed of at incinerators installed at eight private hospitals daily.
He highlighted that special teams of the environment department had also been activated to monitor and check performance of incinerators in all hospitals regularly so that environment and people could be saved from dangerous effects of medical waste.
“The hospitals’ administration have strictly been directed to avoid from throwing medical waste openly or at public places.”
Published in The Express Tribune, December 9th, 2020.