KUALA LUMPUR, March 29 (Bernama) -- The Health Ministry is planning to gazette the "Private Health Care and Facilities Regulations" soon to ensure clinical waste from private clinics and hospitals are disposed according to prescribed guidelines.
The Ministry's Parliamentary Secretary Datuk Lee Kah Choon said it would be gazetted within a month or two and meant to tighten control over clinical waste disposal by private clinics and hospitals.
Lee was replying to Razali Ibrahim (BN-Muar) at the Dewan Rakyat Wednesday.
To the original question from Dr James Dawos Mamit (BN-Mambong), Lee said waste processing facilities owned by concession holders outside the government hospital premises could be utilised by the private clinics and hospitals to dispose clinical waste.
He said up to now three concession holders -- Faber Mediserve Sdn. Bhd., Radicare (M) Sdn. Bhd. and Pantai Medivest Sdn. Bhd. -- had been appointed by the ministry to handle clinical waste.
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