Invest in environmental conservation: EMA
Lazarus Sauti
The Environmental
Management Agency (EMA) has urged health institutions to invest in
environmental conservation to enable them to maintain an environment that is
healthy for the patients.
After experiencing
challenges that emanated from operations on solid disposal and sewage waste
management at St Lukes Hospital, EMA engaged the health institution to work out
mechanisms aimed at creating a clean environment for the patients.
This has seen the
hospital sourcing funds to construct a new incinerator and sewage pond.
Speaking during a media
tour at St Lukes Hospital in Lupane, EMA Provincial Manager for Matabeleland
North, Mrs Chipo Mpofu-Zuze urged health institutions to invest in
environmental conservation for sustainable development.
The Environmental Management Agency is a statutory body responsible for
ensuring the sustainable management of natural resources and protection of the
environment; the prevention of pollution and environmental degradation; and the
preparation of Environmental Plans for the management and protection of the
environment.
It was established under the Environmental Management Act [Chapter
20:27] and inacted in 2002
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