Dr Yusuf Dadoo Hospital, in Krugersdorp West of Johannesburg, recently played host to a health care waste awareness event.
The purpose of the event according to Environmental Health Practitioner, Nyeleti Zitha, was to inform all health-care workers of the risks associated with health-care waste if it is not properly managed. In addition to a range of discussions and presentations from representatives from different spheres of government the Krugersdorp News reported that hospital staff also received free health care waste management training.Some of the topics discussed included:
- The Role of Environmental Health in Waste Management, presented by Ramsook Loykisoonlal, Deputy Director at the National Department of Health, in the Environmental Health and Port Health Services Cluster;
- Waste Management Research by the Assistant Director for Research, Policy and Capacity Development, Rudo Samudzi at the Gauteng Department of Health: Directorate of Health Care Waste and Occupational Hygiene Risk Management;
- Green and Healthy Hospitals, presented Azeeza Rangunwala who is the Assistant Director for Research, Policy and Capacity Development at the Gauteng Department of Health: Directorate of Health Care Waste and Occupational Hygiene Risk Management;
- the Positive and Negative Impacts of Waste Management, which were discussed by Seyanokeng Ntloana, Chief Health Care Waste Officer from Central Office.
