BGUH
Hospital, Bir Hassan, Ghobeiry, Lebanon
Healthcare Waste
Incineration
Client:
Beirut Governmental University Hospital (BGUH)
Start Date:
August
2004
Completion Date:
May 2005
Financing Agency:
BGUH
Project Description:
Beirut Governmental
University Hospital (BGUH) is a complex of buildings
constructed on a 48,000m² plots of land and includes the
hospital, a medical school, housing for medical and nursing
students, a hotel, and administrative buildings. A
multi-zonal pyrolytic incinerator was procured by
BGUH to treat hazardous health care waste and reduce waste
volume and weight, rendering it the safe and sterile
disposable ash. The waste management program within the
hospital was divided in two sections: Implementation of hospital
waste plan (segregation, in-site collection, transportation,
storage, treatment and final disposal), and incineration
of waste. The treatment process included: waste segregation,
transportation, plant operation, waste disposal. Supporting
operations included: plant maintenance, staff capacity
development through training.
Services:
The EIA involved
situational analysis, environmental plan development,
recommendations, implementation of a waste management strategy
and capacity building regarding healthcare waste management
(including the operation of the incinerator). The issues
analyzed in the report were legal and administrative laws
related to healthcare facilities and waste management;
environmental conditions pertaining to physical, biological
and socio-economic indicators related to the project area;
environmental impacts associated particularly to health and
safety, air quality, noise, water quality, waste generation,
and socio economic impacts; treatment alternatives available;
mitigation measures, environmental monitoring and management
plans to minimize the impacts during operation of the
incinerator and training programs to ensure appropriate
environmental awareness of all involved personnel in waste
management.
