Pattaya removes medical waste that sparked Khao Maikaew protests

Khao Maikaew : Pattaya has begun removing more than 100 tons of hazardous medical waste that sparked protests by Khao Maikaew residents after it was dumped there without their knowledge.

 

Contractor Nightingale Health Care Ltd. on Jan. 26 sprayed disinfectant and deodorant on the stinky refuse – which included used syringes, soiled tissue and bloody bandages – and began loading it onto a special temperature-controlled truck for incineration in Nakhon Sawan Province.

 

The truck can carry seven tons of waste each trip and the entire operation was estimated to take 20 days.

 

The operation began two days after neighbors of the Moo 4 village dump rose up in protest, asserting that infectious waste was not allowed to be disposed of there and that it was piling up instead of being hauled away.

 

Mayor Jamnien Kitipakul and Banglamung defense chief Prapan Pratumchompu escorted a contingent of solders to check the site Jan. 24.

 

Read more: http://www.pattayamail.com/news/pattaya-removes-medical-waste-sparked-khao-maikaew-protests-200823

 

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Bravo to the soldiers for getting this cleaned up. Hooray Junta!

Im more interested to know where the rubbish came from specifically. Which hospital?