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Press briefing of Cabinet Decision taken on 2014-06-05
Establishment of Clinical Waste Management Systems in Hospitals

- Management of healthcare (Clinical) waste is of high concern of the Government as such waste is harmful to the environment as well as the people in the surrounding areas. With the objective of promoting safe practice of clinical waste management in hospitals, the Ministry of Health has entered into a commercial contract with an Australian contractor for establishing clinical waste management systems in selected hospitals at a cost of US $18,444,571.45. The proposal made by H.E. the President, in his capacity as the Minister of Finance and Planning, to proceed with the matters relating to financing arrangements, was approved by the Cabinet.