KDUH running an incinerator with no licence: CEA

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Sir John Kotelawala Defence University Hospital (KDUH) in Boralesgamuwa has been maintaining an incinerator unit with no Environmental Protection Licence (EPL) or Schedule Waste Management Licence (SWML), an investigation by 'Daily Mirror Eye' has found.

After two days of search, the Director-General of Central Environmental Authority (CEA) Hemantha Jayasinghe and Waste Management Director of the CEA Ajith Weerasundara confirmed that they couldn’t find any approval/licence documents concerning the maintenance of an incinerator at KDUH.

A group of residents in Seelawathi Perera Mawatha, Werahera, Boralesgamuwa had complained of having health issues due to the disgusting stench emitted from the incinerator located in close proximity to a line of residences.

Meanwhile, numerous attempts made by the 'Team Eye' to interview the KDU Hospital Management were unsuccessful. When attempts were made to get their comments or arrange for a site visit to the hospital incinerator unit, the hospital's top management responded that their officials were too busy to assist or the management were busy with meetings to entertain our requests. (Yoshitha Perera and Piyumi Fonseka)

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BigEars Thursday, 02 July 2020 10:43 AM

Who approved this medical faculty?

observer Thursday, 02 July 2020 01:31 PM

Sri Lanka Medical Council approved during Prof. Carlo Fonseka's presidency

BuffaloaCitizen Thursday, 02 July 2020 11:55 AM

This is a defense academy

FF Thursday, 02 July 2020 01:07 PM

They are at least using an incinerator without polluting the ocean by throwing raw waste into the sea or channel. One must have witnessed what were washed ashore In Mt Lavinia beach

Mm Thursday, 02 July 2020 03:36 PM

The SITUM lot who didn’t get enough grades to do medicine are also in there now

Mm Thursday, 02 July 2020 03:36 PM

The situm lot who didn’t get enough grades to do medicine in any other place are also in there now

Lanka putha Thursday, 02 July 2020 03:41 PM

Why are you all making a fuss? All the top officials' and politicians' houses are well away from here so who cares.

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