Three newspapers, eleven radio stations and three TV channels were present at the press conference. Here they are in conversation with Javier Parra, Director of the Sanitary Service of Maracaibo (IMAU) and here also as representative of the Mayor of Maracaibo.

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More than 200 inscriptions were registered (20 hospitals, nine governmental institutions, seven companies and three private organisations).

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During the three conference days the daily mean was 170 persons.

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Shelia Variegas, Director of the institute for the Conservation of Lake Maracaibo (ICLAM); Sandra Viada, Assistant Manager of the Sanitary Service of Maracaibo (IMAU) and Aura Marina Ortega, Director of the Sanitary Inspection, Zulia Region.

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The registration desk.

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The Dutch delegation: Gijsbert Koren, Environmental Officer of the Hospital Medisch Spectrum Twente, Hanco de Labije, Environmental Officer of the Academic Medical Centre Utrecht and George Vinck, Consul for the Netherlands in Maracaibo.

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Section Heads of the pilot hospital tell about their experiences (left also an ISO 14001 inspector and right two staff members of the Stichting Huize Aarde).

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Diego Saldarriaga, Director of hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe, Colombia; Sergio Salas, staff member of the Ministry of Environment in Colombia, and Lorena Brey, Director Hospital Waste Management, Ministry of Environment, Venezuela.

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Four out of ten representatives of the multinational Baxter, coming from the United States (Florida), Colombia, Spain and Venezuela.

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The Dutch delegation again: now in company of Jorge Urdaneta, Manager of the waste dump site La Cienaga, Maracaibo.

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