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Hospital waste in Hanoi
conference contribution
posted on 2018-02-12, 15:09 authored by Sy Dang Thi, Michael R. Digrigorio, Binh Nguyen ThanhHanoi's 36 national hospitals and specialized clinics are the largest hospitals and which have the best equipment in the country. Seriously ill patients from all provinces in the North are transferred to those hospitals
for treatment. Nearly all beds are occupied. In most of those hospitals, costs are shared by the government and
patients. The government supply facilities and the base salaries fore medical staff. Due to insufficient budgets, the physical infrastructure of most of hospitals is poor and backward according to international standards.
Under those conditions, the waste collection and processing of clinical and non-clinical hospital also lacks of both
physical infrastructure and knowledge fore management hazardous waste. This paper will review and compare the classification, processing, reuse, and recycling of waste in 24 of 36 Hanoi hospitals and specialized clinics, and also about the plan, and the role of private waste collectors and recyclers.
History
School
- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Research Unit
- Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC)
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WEDC ConferenceCitation
THI, S.D., DIGRIGORIO, M.R. and NGUYEN THANH, B., 1997. Hospital waste in Hanoi. IN: Pickford, J. et al. (eds). Water and sanitation for all - Partnerships and innovations: Proceedings of the 23rd WEDC International Conference, Durban, South Africa, 1-5 September 1997, pp.212-215.Publisher
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WEDC_ID:11988Language
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