WB-funded Hospital Waste Treatment Project Approved

The Ministry of Health has approved a project on hospital waste treatment in the central province of Quang Binh at a cost of VND28 billion ($1.28 million) sourced by the World Bank’s preferential loan. Beneficiary hospitals include Minh Hoa general hospital with VND11 billion, Tuyen Hoa district general hospital, VND5 billion, Dong Hoi city general hospital, VND6.7 billion,, and Quang Ninh district general hospital, VND5 billion. The project focuses on building and upgrading solid and liquid waste treatment systems in the hospital. It will also give training to hospital staff and managers well as help enhance their management capacity in protecting the environment. (Vietnamplus.vn July 6)