Date:12/06/2004 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2004/06/12/stories/2004061212060300.htm

Tamil Nadu - Chennai

Institute of Child Health denies report

By Our Staff Reporter

CHENNAI, JUNE 11. The director of the Institute of Child Health, Egmore, today denied that a lorry had entered the hospital premises on Thursday to clear garbage.

Biomedical waste was not cleared from their premises as reported in these columns, the official said.

Garbage was usually cleared only during night and the waste dumped did not contain much biomedical remains, the official said.

A section of corporation sanitary workers, regularly involved in the clearance of garbage from hospitals, said the lorry had cleared waste from the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and the Hospital for Women and Children. The premises is situated adjacent to the Institute of Child Health.