Aired (August 19, 2024): Pangongolekta ng basura ang hanapbuhay ni Christopher, ngunit hindi ito ordinaryong basura—kundi hospital waste tulad ng gamit na face mask, gloves, at syringes. Kabilang na rin dito ang pathological waste—mga bahagi ng internal organs at body fluids ng tao. Sa ganitong uri ng trabaho, paano nga ba sila napapanatiling ligtas mula sa mga panganib, lalo na't may pamilya silang inuuwian? Panoorin ang video.
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00:00We met Christopher, a crew member of a private company.
00:09His job is to collect garbage from hospitals,
00:13such as face masks, gloves, and syringes.
00:18But there is also what we call pathological waste.
00:23These are the internal organs of humans and body fluids such as blood.
00:28It usually comes from operating rooms.
00:32Because of Christopher's daily work,
00:35it is not new for him to see human parts of the body.
00:40Out of the different hazardous waste, pathological, pharmaceutical, etc.,
00:46what do you dislike the most?
00:48We don't need any of those.
00:50We are just used to it.
00:52We are used to it.
00:54We are used to it.
00:55You see, I know you can see my feet.
01:00Yes.
01:02What do you do when you see me?
01:05We put a drum to make it sound like we are doing an after-mission.
01:11Then we throw it.
01:13You are not afraid anymore. You are used to it.
01:15Yes.
01:25After we put the garbage in the drum,
01:28we will pick it up and bring it to the truck to weigh and label it.
01:4521 kilos.
01:50It says hazardous waste.
01:53It says hazardous waste.
01:56Because the cost per kilo is 4 kilos for each garbage that is thrown here.
02:03It is a huge investment for the hospitals.
02:06They make sure that each one is safe
02:09and the community and the environment will not be contaminated.
02:14Why did you choose this job?
02:17Ma'am, because I have a lot of safe jobs.
02:20I have a lot of safe jobs.
02:22It is an important job.
02:24I will continue to do it.
02:26You will continue to do it.
02:28Yes.
02:30Because I need my father.
02:32Yes.
02:34You are not afraid that you will throw hazardous waste?
02:36No.
02:38If you just follow the road.
02:40You will follow the road.
02:42Yes.
02:44But in the beginning, were you afraid?
02:46I was afraid.
02:47If you go back to your family, your son will come to you.
02:50Of course, our job is infectious.
02:53What did your wife and family say?
02:56I looked for them.
02:58I don't have a job.
03:00We don't have hazardous waste.
03:02We don't throw it.
03:04But since you started working here until now,
03:07nothing bad happened to your family?
03:10Did you get infected?
03:12No.
03:13You just followed the safety policy?
03:19Yes.
03:24And your company is training you, right?
03:28Yes.
03:30What are your vaccines?
03:32Tetanus.
03:34To make sure that you won't get infected.
03:37Christopher is part of a private company
03:39that collects waste from different hospitals in the Philippines.
03:44Even if they throw waste,
03:46they are not ashamed of it
03:48because they know that their work will be famous.
03:53There are people who say that their work is like garbage.
03:59They think that people are dirty.
04:01Do you hear that?
04:03Yes, ma'am.
04:05What do people say?
04:06They say that it's like garbage.
04:10What do they say to you?
04:12They ask me what my job is.
04:14We say it's hazardous waste.
04:16We are proud of our work.
04:36We are proud of our work.