WHAT HAPPENS....

Try to imagine this scenario.


You are currently a beginning freshman at the University of the Philippines Los Banos. As was customary you are required to have a check up to be facilitated by the UHS or University Health Service. Since you don't want any hassle with your enrolment, you decide to go with it.

Once there a nurse assists you. She checks your height, weight, vision, medical history and the like. Then she says, "Go to Room 4 for a dental check up." You do as she says, and you head on over to the said room. The dentist takes a look at your teeth, writes up a report and hands it to you. The nurse outside the room then tells you to proceed to another room for another series of tests. In the room a doctor hands you a little cup and asks for a urine sample. After a few moments you return with the cup filled and you hand it to the doctor. After a while he then gives you a certification and says that you're good to go.

Going through all of these tasks made you wonder: what happens to all those waste generated by the hospital? What if, say, a person infected with a serious contagious disease went through the same process you did, where will all his waste products go should the hospital be done with the sampling and testing? This, you realize, is of major concern both to the environment and the people within the vicinity.

This blog therefore provides relevant data concerning the waste disposal of the UHS in UPLB to put the minds of faculty, staff, students and employees of the University at ease, as well as others concerned.