'100 Health Workers Suffer From Healthcare Waste in Abuja'
Mandate Secretary, Health and Human Services Secretariat in the Federal Capital Territory Administration FCTA, Dr. Demola Onakomaya, said more than a hundred of its staff in FCT-owned hospitals currently suffer from Needleprick Injection, Hepatitis B and HIV/AIDS due to their exposure to healthcare waste.
Onakomaya disclosed during a media parley in Abuja.
Consequently, he said the FCT Administration would within the next few weeks come up with FCT Waste Management Policy to holistically manage both solid and liquid wastes within the 8,000 square kilometers of the Federal Capital Territory.
According to him, the FCT minister, Senator Bala Mohammed has already approved of efforts to evolve the policy, adding that it would enable the FCT Administration manage various forms of waste not only in the Federal Capital City but also in the six Area Councils including the Satellite Towns.
He said, if the government gets waste management right, cases of diseases and attendant effects on the residents could be minimized.
However, the FCT EXCO in session has approved the FCT Healthcare Waste Management Guideline to specifically tackle waste from healthcare institutions in the FCT, which poses great danger to some citizens.
Senator Mohammed said, “Waste handlers and scavengers risk contracting diseases like HIV/ AIDS, hepatitis B, and possible outbreak of other diseases which can ordinarily be stemmed by effective healthcare waste management.”
The council noted with concern the resolution of the 50th National Council on Health in Abuja in 2006, which observed that Healthcare Waste Management poses serious problem to healthcare delivery.
To further prevent disease infection in FCT from such waste, he recalled that modern incinerators and Ash pits for the disposal of Health care waste have been provided at all the Secondary healthcare facilities, while the primary healthcare facilities practice the “Burn and Bury” system of waste disposal to further tackle it.
Onakomaya disclosed during a media parley in Abuja.
Consequently, he said the FCT Administration would within the next few weeks come up with FCT Waste Management Policy to holistically manage both solid and liquid wastes within the 8,000 square kilometers of the Federal Capital Territory.
According to him, the FCT minister, Senator Bala Mohammed has already approved of efforts to evolve the policy, adding that it would enable the FCT Administration manage various forms of waste not only in the Federal Capital City but also in the six Area Councils including the Satellite Towns.
He said, if the government gets waste management right, cases of diseases and attendant effects on the residents could be minimized.
However, the FCT EXCO in session has approved the FCT Healthcare Waste Management Guideline to specifically tackle waste from healthcare institutions in the FCT, which poses great danger to some citizens.
Senator Mohammed said, “Waste handlers and scavengers risk contracting diseases like HIV/ AIDS, hepatitis B, and possible outbreak of other diseases which can ordinarily be stemmed by effective healthcare waste management.”
The council noted with concern the resolution of the 50th National Council on Health in Abuja in 2006, which observed that Healthcare Waste Management poses serious problem to healthcare delivery.
To further prevent disease infection in FCT from such waste, he recalled that modern incinerators and Ash pits for the disposal of Health care waste have been provided at all the Secondary healthcare facilities, while the primary healthcare facilities practice the “Burn and Bury” system of waste disposal to further tackle it.
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