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Plan to make biomedical waste disposal safer

The programme, to begin in July, will involve tie-ups with private parties through shredding, deep burial listing priorities: Special Secretary, Health and Project Director of Tamil Nadu Health Systems Project P.W.C. Davidar explains biomedical waste management at a workshop in Coimbatore on Thursday. The State is set to begin more scientific and safer disposal of biomedical waste generated in government hospitals, including those attached to medical colleges, and primary health centres with at least 30 beds.