The ERHA has asked all publicly-funded acute hospitals in the eastern region to confirm waste disposal arrangements. The authority wants hospitals to make sure that the arrangements they have in place for the management and disposal of waste are in compliance with the guidelines of the Department of Health and Children.
It has also sought an assurance that waste material from the hospitals was not included in material found this week on an unapproved site in West Wicklow. The ERHA has set up an enquiry to ascertain the source of the hospital waste.
