Nepal’s health sector produces 4.1 percent of national greenhouse gas emissions: Report

The practice of burning medical waste at healthcare facilities is widespread, and they often mix hazardous medical waste with regular waste, study shows.

When researchers saw the incineration of hazardous clinical waste materials at the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, they were shocked to find that the incinerator, designed to burn hazardous materials at high temperatures to destroy contaminants, was being used only as a burning chamber.