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Hospitals still dump their waste in open, threat to people

Nitesh Sangral
JAMMU, Dec 10: Most of the government health’s institution in the Jammu and Kashmir state is dumping their bio-medical waste in open areas. Due to which a serious health and environment threat to everybody around. But the concerned department has not taken any action in this regard as so far.

In accordance to rule 5 (2) of Bio Medical Waste Management and Handing Rules 1998 (Amended 2003 it is mandatory for every occupier to set up bio medical waste treatment facilities like incinerators, autoclave, microwave system for the treatment of waste or ensure treatment of waster at a common waste treatment facility or any other treatment facility. But in State very few Health institutions have installed this facility.

Source said that, nearly 200 nursing homes and health centres in here and almost in the absence of Bio Medical Waste management policy, huge number of bio-medical waste generated every year in the hospitals of the state. “Some private health institutions have adequate infrastructure for disposal of solid, plastic and liquid bio-chemical waste of its own.

While the government hospitals lack Bio Medical Waste management facility,” he added.

He also said that the waste in terms of infectious needles, blades, chemicals and other waste are left untreated in the open, which not only produces foul smell but is also a breeding ground for diseases. The health care centres the bio medical water generated is not managed and disposed off in accordance with the BMW rules and no proper records regarding quantity of infectious waste, the method of treatment and disposal are being maintained.

He further said that the Pollution Control Board (PCB) has issued many times warning to all health care establishments have been advised to pursue the BMW rules or else the authorization granted by the J&K. but these institutions have ignored the warning.

He also disclosed that the medical and para-medical staffs as envisage in the BMW (Management and Handling) Rules 1998 do not shred plastic waste such as tubing, catheters, intravenous sets and other waste. There is no system of colour coding for segregating different kinds of BMW or proper equipment for its handling.

Director Health Services, Dr Madhu Khullar said they don’t have proper equipments for the permanent disposal of BMW but all bio wastes of various hospitals is sent to nearby state bio-medical waste plant for its disposal.

When contacted Commissioner Secretary Health & Medical Education, MK Dwivedi, said that “we had sent to government of India for up gradation and contain new techniques in the Bio Medical Waste system. The Government of India has approved this proposal and the state government will start work on it in shortly.

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