Kathmandu, March 26 -- based Paropakar Maternity and Women's Hospital will manage the medical waste generated by all urban health promotion centres run by the Kathmandu Metropolitan City, following an agreement between the hospital and the city office.

As per the agreement, the city office will provide Rs20 million to the hospital to set up a new medical waste treatment plant, including an incinerator, on the hospital's land, where medical waste produced at the hospital and urban health promotion centres will be properly processed and managed.

"We were unable to find a suitable site to establish a medical waste management facility," said Deepak Kumar KC, chief of the Health Department under the city office. "We found that the maternity ...