CM orders new concepts of safe hospital waste disposal

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Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif has directed the health department to introduce and implement modern concepts of safe hospital waste management practices in all hospitals on priority.

Official sources on Thursday said that provincial health development centre (PHDC) in this regard is fully committed to provide quality training according to the needs of the Health department in a structured as well as professional manner mainly in the areas which have become everyday challenge for health managers at their work places.

The PHDC will help capacity building of health human resources and in this regard a viable strategy has been evolved to introduce various new techniques or combination of different methods of training to raise awareness among health managers across the province.

When contacted PHDC Director Dr Sohail Saqlain told that eventually such innovations will help discourage monotonous type of lecturing instead of exposing the trainees to class room, interactive teaching sessions, questionnaire, videos, field visits, pre and post workshop etc will further help offer trainees a comprehensive understanding and ability to apply learnt professional management techniques to address such issues.

Dr Sohail said in this regard that the PHDC will conduct a two day workshop on Safe Hospital Waste Management Practices and Scientific Exhibition on June 11.

Punjab Health Secretary Dr Ijaz Munir will be the chief guest on the inaugural session while leading medical experts will speak in the technical sessions.