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Noble Cause The Save the Environment
Foundation remembers late Princess Sruti By A CORRESPONDENT Chanda Rana, executive director of the Save
the Environment Foundation (SEF), fondly remembers the frank and open manner in which late
Princess Sruti used to support environmental and other noble social causes. To mark the first death anniversary of
Princess Sruti, the SEF organized a special memorial program in the capital on June 1. And
keeping with its tradition as well as to advance the late Princess' affinity with noble
social causes, the SEF handed over medicines and equipment to the Bir Hospital. The
foundation also presented a case study done on hospital waste management to the
government.
"In late Princess Sruti, we had
found a loving patron. She used to readily come to our programs and give us support and
direction," said Rana. At a program organized to hand over the
medicines and equipment, Rana recalled her school days with the late Princess and said how
simple and extra-ordinarily ordinary she was. Chairman of the Raj Sabha Standing Committee
Keshar Jung Rayamajhi was the chief guest at the program. Rana also recalled the late Princess'
affinity with sports. She was a black belt in Judo. "She was also keen on singing and
dancing." In memory of the late Princess, the
foundation has decided to hand over medicines to the hospital every year on October 16
(the birthday of late Princess) and June 1 (the day she died). This year, the foundation gave away
medicines worth Rs. 70,000 and equipment like smart NST (needle syringe terminator), which
was gifted by the Clare Gilchrist Foundation. Every year, the Bir Hospital caters to
350,000 patients and uses a huge number of syringes. The NST can incinerate a syringe in
less than two seconds. The tray of the NST can hold ashes of up to
300 syringes at a time. Its burning temperature is between 800 to 900 degrees Celsius. As
it consumes one unit of electricity when incinerating 200 syringes, its operating cost is
minimal. The NST will be provided to different surgical departments in the hospital
including pathology lab, emergency, neuro, post-operative and orthopedic departments. The foundation will continue to monitor the
use and success of the NST for one year and, depending upon it, could extend the service
facility to other hospitals. Moreover, with the objective of facilitating scientific
management of hospital wastes to prevent the spread of infectious diseases, the foundation
conducted a case study and has presented its findings to the Health Ministry. |
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