The right way: Hospital staff trained in waste management

Rafique says necessary measures would be taken for the protection of health workers from infection.

LAHORE:

Addressing a two-day training workshop on hospital waste management for health managers, nurses and sanitary inspectors of government hospitals, Adviser to the CM on Health Khawaja Salman Rafique said that hospital waste was causing dangerous diseases. He said all stakeholders should adopt a consolidated strategy for tackling with the problem.

He said a joint meeting of the Health Department, the Environment Protection Department and Local Government Department would be called to evolve a comprehensive strategy for this purpose.

The workshop was organised in collaboration with the Health Services Academy Islamabad, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Punjab Health Department.

Rafique said that necessary measures would be taken for the protection of health workers from infection, including vaccination against hepatitis-B. He said that recommendations prepared by the working groups during the training workshop would be considered and included while framing a policy in this regard. He said there was a need to take many steps at district level to remove systemic deficiencies.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 5^th, 2014.