The Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Dong
Thap has received US$2.1 million in aid for a local hospital waste treatment
project.
The
money will be used to improve the management of waste in four hospitals, namely
Dong Thap General Hospital, Sa Dec General Hospital, Hong Ngu Regional General
Hospital and Thap Muoi Regional General Hospital.
The aid
is part of the $155 million hospital waste treatment project, launched by the
Ministry of Health last December, with financial support from the World Bank
(WB).
The
six-year project aims to minimise environmental pollution due to medical waste
from hospitals in order to improve people's health. It will help strengthen
policies relating to medical waste management and establish solid and water
waste treatment systems for at least 150 hospitals.
Dong
Thap is among the five Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta provinces selected to initially
be provided with medical waste treatment systems.
Recent
statistics from the Ministry of Health show that more than 1,260 hospitals and
over 1,000 medical clinics nationwide discharge around 350 tonnes of solid
waste and 150,000 cubic metres of liquid waste per day. However, 56 per cent of
hospitals nationwide have no waste water treatment system.
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