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In a developing country like Pakistan, the need for a proper Hospital Waste Management System was long over due. With the given limited physical, human and financial resources we have the target of improving health conditions countrywide. The importance of reliable database for planning and management of hospital waste cannot be overemphasized. It is a matter of pleasure that we have prepared this important national issue by writing a book on Hospital Waste Management. This book would not only provide information about our needs for prevention of ever growing burden of communicable diseases by a prompt mechanism of hospital waste management but would also enable to reader to redefine and prioritize our this health problem on rationale estimates. The author of the book is directly involved in the management of hospital waste at the institute of cardilogy Multan as chairman of the hospital waste management committee. In this book the reader will find basic knowledge about hospital waste & its management according to the international standards with available scarce resources in a country like Pakistan.

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Dr.Mohammad Mohsin born in 1968, achieved his Ph.D in Preventive Medicine (The Open International University for Complementary Medicines Colombo, Sri Lanka). He has medical superintendent in Nishtar Hospital Multam since 2003 till present.

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