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Hospitals and NGOs Carry Out Joint Workshop on the Risks of Mercury Pollution in the Health Care Sector
Global Village of Beijing, a nonprofit environmental organization focused on educating the public about environmental protection, in cooperation with Sino–Union Create, a NGO in Hebei Province working on LED lighting, held the first joint workshop between healthcare sectors in Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province and Beijing.
The workshop counted with the participation of hospitals, Municipal Committees, representatives from the Chinese Ministry of Environmental Protection, Ministry of Health and Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
Participants shared their experiences on environmental protection, proposed the substitution of mercury-based medical devices and discussed future actions to eliminate mercury from the health care sector.
On April 12, 2011, Global Village of Beijing, in cooperate with Sino-Union Create, a NGO in Hebei Province held the first joint workshop between healthcare sectors in Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province and Beijing Jishuitan Hospital and Tiantan Hospital who have conducted pilot projects on mercury-free medical devices substitution.
Representatives from Bureau of Health of Qinhuangdao City, Qinhuangdao Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China National Democratic Construction Association Qinhuangdao Municipal Committee, Haigang District, Qinhuangdao City People's Congress and Qinhuangdao People’s Hospital participated the workshop.
The two pilot hospitals shared their achievement and practical experience with the participants. Representative from Qinhuangdao said that Qinhuangdao municipal Party committee and municipal government have always paid great attention to environmental protection and have achieved remarkable result.
China National Democratic Construction Association Qinhuangdao Municipal Committee has listed mercury pollution from medical devices as their key research topic and will include this to their future proposal.
The workshop has also invited representatives from Chinese Ministry of Environmental Protection, Ministry of Health and Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention to give speech on relevant policy as well as harm caused by mercury pollution.
After the workshop, Qinhuangdao representatives visited Beijing Jishuitan Hospital in the afternoon.
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