The Ministry of Health has said the hydroclave system, which processes biomedical waste from medical facilities in the city, has been installed but is not yet fully operational.
In a press release, Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy said the system will bring the processing of such waste up to international standards and it is the first such facility in the Caribbean.
A special sanitation truck has been procured to transport waste from the various sites to the processing centre and plans are in train to collect waste from the