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Waste generation rates in surveyed hospitals
| HCE | Patients | Total patients | Waste generation rate | |||
| Beds | Outpatients | Kg/day | Kg/bed/day | Kg/patient/day | ||
| DMCH | 1700 | 3500 | 5200 | 3274 | 1.93 | 0.63 |
| BMCH | 300 | 750 | 1050 | 673 | 2.24 | 0.64 |
| Surveyed hospitals (Ward: 49) | ||||||
| - General Hospitals | 591 | 1698 | 2289 | 943 | 1.60 | 0.41 |
| - Private Clinics | 293 | - | 293 | 380 | 1.30 | - |
| - Diagnostic Centres | - | - | 1867 | 292 | - | 0.16 |
| All surveyed HCE | 2884 | 5948 | 10699 | 5562 | 1.93 | 0.52 |
Source: Field survey, 2006
