A day after mid-day highlighted the medical waste crisis at Samarth Hospital — which was allegedly being harassed by the Pune Municipal Corporation — the civic body’s health department chief, Dr S T Pardeshi gave assurances that he would look into the matter and ensure the vehicle began daily service at the hospital again.

When mid-day reported the issue, the hospital had already accumulated three days’ worth of medical waste. File pic

mid-day had reported (We are being harassed, September 25), that the hospital administration had been struggling to dispose its medical waste for over a fortnight, after the PMC allegedly stopped sending the waste collection van in revenge.