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Residents court risks as hospital burns medical waste in open pit

Smoke from burning medical waste in a pit at Molo sub county hospital in Nakuru County poses health risk to families [Harun Wathari, Standard]

Choking smoke from burning medical waste at Molo sub county hospital poses health risk to patients in the newly constructed children and female ward.

Waste disposed in the pit includes used cotton wool, syringes, gloves contaminated with blood and drips.

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