MWMC to install incinerator plant to dispose-off medical waste safely.

MULTAN -- Multan Waste Management Company (MWMC) Managing Director Fakhar-ul-Islam Dogar Saturday said the company would install incinerator plant to get the contracts from public and private hospitals to dispose-off medical waste safely by following health related standard operating procedures (SOPs).

He said they had started study on the incineration and approval would be taken from the BoD to design incinerator plant for installation into the city. The medical waste would be collected through special containers from the hospitals and later it would be disposed-off safely after incineration process at the plant.

The MWMC MD, while talking to reporter here, said there were about 3000 to 4000 hospitals in the city which were registered and Nishtar is the only hospital having the facility of incinerator is installed.

He said the MWMC Manager Operation was given task to asses the generation of medical waste in the city and prepare its regulations so that the incineration plant could be installed as per required capacity for disposal off medical waste.

He said Nishtar hospital has offered to MWMC for secondary waste collection while the workers of the hospital would do primary collection work.

Meanwhile, the...