Provincial General Hospital puts into use medical waste incinerator

(Baonghean.vn) - On the afternoon of July 29, Nghe An General Hospital held a handover ceremony for a new medical waste incinerator using fully automatic technology.

The new incinerator is now operational.

Currently, on average, each day the amount of solid waste collected at the incinerator of the Provincial General Hospital is from 3.5 to 4 quintals, including 5 units: Provincial General Hospital, Cua Dong Hospital, Dong Au Hospital, Hospital 115 and the Center for Reproductive Health Care. Of which, the Provincial General Hospital alone has up to 240kg of solid waste that needs to be processed each day. However, in recent times, the Hoval waste incinerator with a capacity of 400 - 500 kg of waste/24 hours has seriously degraded, not meeting environmental hygiene standards, affecting human health.

To solve the above situation, Nghe An General Hospital has invested in building a new 1000A2 waste treatment furnace with a capacity of 100kg/h manufactured by Inciner8 UK. The project is invested by the Department of Health, with a total value of more than 4.6 billion VND. Accordingly, the working process of the incinerator is fully automatic, with dust filtration efficiency of up to 75-80%. Putting the new waste treatment furnace into operation will contribute to reducing the risk of water pollution and spreading pathogens to the surrounding environment.

Thu Hien

Center for Health Promotion