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From the Hindu:
"Around 500 used syringes with needles intact were found dumped in a walled unused compound on K.P. Vallon Road near Kadavanthara on Sunday. The police are yet to register a case for improper disposal of biomedical waste.

The incident came to light when two youths spotted a rag picker rummaging through a heap of syringes in a compound with a half broken wall. On taking a closer look they were shocked to find hundreds of syringes with their needles intact. Rejin Joy, one of the youths, said the rag picker’s hand was bruised and bloodied. M.X. Wilson, junior health inspector in the Corporation, said one of the tags revealed the name of a doctor and a patient. He said the syringes could have been dumped by a laboratory or hospital as they had tags of blood tests."