Medical Waste is not sorted properly
Countries from the region of Macedonia, Serbia, Albania, Montenegro and Kosovo pay little attention to the selection of the dangerous medical waste as well as its destruction.
By Natasa Crvenkovska
Posted November 12th, 2009
Some of the medical centers, institutes and scientific institutions placed in bigger cities such as Skopje, Belgrade, Novi Sad and Nish distinguishes the dangerous medical waste from the ordinary one, but the mechanism of devastation of this waste among the countries is quite different. Bigger cities from the other centers from the region are still working on rising the awareness of the neccessity of selection and proper treatmant. Only international organizations that work and produce medical waste in the region safely destroy it, and for this purpose spend considerable amounts of money. These organizations are used as an example in other country's institutions on how the dangerous medical waste should be treated.
Considering the poverty of the above mentioned countries, which also face numerous ecological problems, it is unrealistic to expect that the problem will be resolved in the forseeable future. Support from the international community is therefore indispensable. This is particularly true about Macedonia which is a candidate for EU membership, but will fail to comply with the admission standards with this manner of waste management.
The article was published on 20.10.2009 in the weekly magazin „Globus“.
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