Abstract:
To investigate the prospects of techno-economic disposal of hospital wastes. The background or secondary data were collected by consultation of literature in the libraries and by visiting different websites on Internet. The primary data were collected by gathering responses of employees engaged in solid waste disposal to a comprehensive questionnaire through visits to the hospitals and other health care establishments and environmental information centers in Lahore. The findings suggested that there is no efficient system of disposal of solid hospital wastes in Pakistan. The workforce engaged in its disposal is ignorant and is in the worst socio-economic state and the employees are carrying out jobs as their socio-economic need as hereditary business and thus don`t have any job satisfaction in this business. In spite of unfavorable socio-economic conditions, the turnover of employees for the disposal job is high, which may be due to attractive medical benefits and involvement in illegal practices that are source of some extra income for them.
Page(s):
41-45
DOI:
DOI not available
Published:
Journal: Pakistan Journal of Medical Research, Volume: 45, Issue: 2, Year: 2006