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Saan nga ba napupunta ang mga basura na galing sa mga ospital na tinatawag na medical waste? ‘Yan ang inalam ni Kara David sa kanyang pinakabagong dokumentaryo sa #KaraDocs. #UnangHirit

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00:00Garbage here, garbage there.

00:03Aside from the stormy weather, there are also dangerous garbage.

00:07Even in the hospital, there are hospital wastes.

00:10Where are they going?

00:12That's what Kara David is talking about in the new episode of the Digital Documentary Program

00:16of GMA Public Affairs, Haradox.

00:19Let's watch it.

00:23Garbage here, garbage there.

00:26Garbage everywhere.

00:31If you think about where this garbage is going,

00:35you will think about where it is taking the garbage from the hospitals

00:41or the so-called medical waste.

01:01We met Christopher, a crew member of a private company.

01:06His job is to collect garbage from hospitals,

01:10like face masks, gloves, and syringes.

01:14One of the most difficult jobs in the world is to carry garbage.

01:19But there are types of garbage that are really hazardous

01:23and dangerous to those who carry them.

01:26And we will accompany those who carry hazardous waste.

01:30But we really need to be fully protected

01:34because the hospital waste is of a different kind.

01:44We will now put eye protection

01:47because we don't know what can get into our eyes.

01:51So you can see, this is the look of the hazardous materials

01:56that were collected here in this hospital.

01:58If you see in hospitals,

02:00as long as it is in yellow plastic,

02:02it means that it is hazardous waste.

02:04There are different types of hazardous waste.

02:06There is pathological waste,

02:09which is the body of people,

02:11liquid, placenta, whatever.

02:14Because of Christopher's daily work,

02:16it is not new to him that parts of a person's body can be seen.

02:22In the past, there were different types of hazardous waste,

02:25like pathological, pharmaceutical, and so on.

02:27I don't know if you can really see the parts of a person's body.

02:32But now, you can see it.

02:34You can see it.

02:35You can see it.

02:36You can see it.

02:37You can see it.

02:38You can see it.

02:40That's where you can really see the feet.

02:44Yes.

02:45What do you do when you see it?

02:48For safety, ma'am.

02:49We put it in a drum.

02:50We wrap it.

02:51We don't do anything.

02:52We don't do anything.

02:54You're not afraid anymore.

02:56You're used to it.

02:57Yes, ma'am.

02:58That's what we put in this house.

03:00In 2018,

03:02more than 55,749 tons of infectious waste

03:08were collected in the Philippines.

03:10According to the DNREMB Online Hazardous Waste Management System,

03:15this crisis resulted in a 480% increase

03:20in hazardous and infectious waste generation

03:23from June 2020 to December 2021.

03:28In addition,

03:29in 2021,

03:31more than 234,000 metric tons of healthcare waste were collected.

03:36This will amount to more than 6,000 trucks.

03:41But if there is no landfill,

03:43where can the garbage collected by Christopher be brought?

03:48He is more worried that it will be completely closed this October.

03:53Watch the full documentary later this afternoon

03:57on the GMA Public Affairs YouTube channel.

04:00This is the paradox,

04:01the story of each country.

04:06For more UN videos visit www.un.org

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