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But once the saleable dry waste is segregated, the rest comprises soiled napkins, bandages, syringes, cotton and organic waste. GMCH medical superintendent Kailash Zine said the spot where the fire broke out was used for collection of waste from various wards and buildings .“The biomedical waste is sent to a private company. The GMCH, with the help of informal waste pickers, undertakes secondary segregation. It also sensitized the hospital administration of dry and wet waste processing.Currently, most wards in the hospital, barring a few, were sending in mixed waste, sources in the health hub admitted. “The fire was brought under control soon and no casualty was reported,” he said.The GMCH authorities had collected and kept the waste in bags inside a room behind the mortuary building..