55 Sacks Of Medical Waste Containing PPE-Syringes Addressed Tangerang Found In Bogor, Who Will Throw It Out?

The Bogor Regency Government, West Java, found another pile of medical waste in Cigudeg, a day from a similar discovery in Tenjo.

BOGOR - The Bogor Regency Government (Pemkab), West Java, found another pile of medical waste in Cigudeg, a day from a similar discovery in Tenjo.

"There are about 55 sacks. The report came to us at around 09.00 WIB," said Cigudeg Village Head Andi Supriadi as quoted by Antara, Wednesday, February 3.

The medical waste is in the form of personal protective equipment (PPE) such as hazmat, syringes, and IV bottles. Some of the medical wastes have the address of Tangerang City, Banten.

Similar to the incident in Tenjo, the location for disposal of waste classified as toxic and hazardous (B3) was also found in empty land, this time in the area of the Oil Palm Plantation owned by PT Perkebunan Nusantara (PTPN) VIII.

Head of the Tenjo Sub-district Kurnia Indra, along with elements of the TNI-Polri, found 17 garbage bags containing PPE on agricultural land on Tuesday, February 2.

"Together with the police, the military, and the puskesmas immediately came to the location, taking samples of evidence to be followed up by the police," said Kurnia.

According to him, after documenting pictures of PPE waste piles and taking samples, he immediately destroyed them for fear of endangering the community.

"After being photographed for documentation and taking samples, they were immediately destroyed. People were afraid that they would come. The samples were taken by the police," he also said.