Dhaka, Feb. 24 -- The icddr,b and partners on Monday launched the country's first sustainable hospital wastewater treatment plant setting a new benchmark for environmental compliance.

In a transformative step toward safeguarding public health and the environment, icddr,b, in partnership with the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), and ITN-BUET under the leadership of Hospital Services Management at the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), has installed the service.

The first low-cost, sustainable hospital wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) has been operationalised at the Kuwait Bangladesh Friendship Government Hospital (KBFGH) in Uttara, Dhaka.

Funded by the Integrated Health Science Research and Development Fund under the ...