2-day hospital waste management workshop concludes in Lahore

Lahore: Advisor to Chief Minister Punjab on Health Khawaja Salman Rafique has said that hospital waste is causing dangerous diseases and all the stake-holder departments should adopt a consolidated strategy for tackling the problem. He said that a joint meeting of Health, Environment, Local Government and other departments and institutions would be called for evolving a comprehensive strategy for this purpose.

He said this while addressing a 2-day training workshop on hospital waste management for Health Managers, nurses and sanitary inspectors of government hospitals.

This workshop has been organized in collaboration with the Health Services Academy Islamabad, World Health Organization (WHO) and Punjab Health Department at a local hotel.

Kh. Salman Rafique said that necessary measures would be taken for the protection of health workers from infection including vaccination against hepatitis-B.

Kh. Salman Rafique said that recommendations prepared by the working groups during 2-day training workshop would be considered and these would be included while framing the policy in this regard. He said that there is a need to take so many steps at district level for removing the deficiencies of the system.

Kh. Salman Rafique said that reforms at a large number are being introduced in Health Department to improve the health services indicators in Punjab.

The concluding session of 2-day hospital waste management workshop was also addressed by associate Prof. Dr. Ramesh Kumar of Health Services Academy Islamabad, Director Punjab hepatitis control programme Dr. Zulfiqar Qureshi, Health Educationist Usman Ghani, MS Government Said Mitha Hospital Dr. Haq Nawaz Bharwana. Later, Kh. Salman Rafique also distributed certificates among the participants.