Pattaya adds trucks to speed removal of medical waste

PATTAYA:--Pattaya increased the number of trucks hauling medical waste out of a disputed dumpsite in Khao Maikaew in an attempt to quiet the uproar among neighbors.

 

Natawut Burarak, manager for Miss Nightingale Health Care, which was hired by the city to remove the 120 tons of hazardous waste, said the operation began with one truck hauling six tons of refuse to Nakhon Sawan each day.

 

Khao Maikaew residents, outraged over Pattaya’s violation of an agreement never to store more than 100 tons of medical waste in their backyards, argued the city should get rid of the syringes, soiled bandages and other infected garbage as quickly as possible.

 

In response, the contractor added more vehicles after getting Pattaya to increase the fee it was paying from 11 baht per kilogram to 16 baht per kilo. The city’s bill for cleaning up its mess in Khao Maikaew has now jumped to 6.4 million baht. And that does not include the fee to burn the hazmat in the Nakhon Sawan incinerator.

 

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How long does it take to accumulate 120 Tons of hazmat from medical sources in one city ? And what exactly does the term ( Medical waste ) imply.

 

Soiled bandages, Syringes and ( other infected garbage ) Hmmm - The mind boggles over what this hazmat material actually contains.