Hospitals asked to install incinerators

NEW DELHI, OCT. 21. Hospitals have been asked to immediately install incinerators to burn waste after it was reported that used syringes and I.V. fluid tubes were being reused in Delhi and Chennai, the Union Health Minister, Mr. C. P. Thakur, has said.

In an interview to the television programme, `Janata Ki Adalat,' Mr. Thakur said the police had been alerted to raid the places where recycled medical equipment was found and added that the Government was offering financial assistance to install incinerators.In a bid to curb alleged malpractices, Mr. Thakur said he would visit hospitals incognito at night.

- PTI

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