Arrest after theft of three human legs from hospital waste “dump”
It takes all sorts – A man who stole three amputated human legs from the Cantacuzino hospital was caught by the police after two days of searching The hearings are […]
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Burglars enter locked HES site
Screaming inevitably the piles of legs, arms and whatever, the newspapers report two burglars arrested after breaking into the HES site at Longbenton, North Tyneside. Adding to the shock horror […]
Veolia worker jailed for £250,000 theft
A forklift truck driver stole £250,000 of out-of-date medical supplies from the waste facility where they were to be destroyed so they could be sold on the black market. Grzegorz […]
It takes all sorts – theft from sharps bin
Theft of sharps bins can be quite common in some cities, as we have noted previously on the Clinical Waste Discussion Forum, but is less common now than it used […]
How safe are drugs waste while in your charge?
All clinical waste companies will receive pharmaceutical wastes in either small amount of larger quantities if serving hospitals offering a extensive pharmacy and drug manufacture/formulation services. Drug waste may be […]
Waste drug theft did not pay
The last of four co-defendants was sentenced Monday to a year in federal custody for his role in a conspiracy to intercept and resell prescription painkillers slated for destruction as […]
More bizarre waste theft
“As Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), the capital city’s premier government hospital, completes inquiry into the recent theft of scores of discarded blood bags on its premises, heads are […]
Pharma waste theft
“Half a ton of pharmaceutical manufacturing waste has been ‘diverted’ from the manufacturing site, enough to make more than $41 million worth of methamphetamine.