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Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 10 : Most of the government health institutions in the Jammu and Kashmir state are dumping their bio-medical waste in open areas adding to health hazards to the common people.
Despite knowing the serious health and environment threat to everybody around, the concerned department has yet failed to take any action in this regard so far. In accordance to rule 5 (2) of Bio Medical Waste Management (BMW) and Handing Rules 1998 (Amended 2003 it is mandatory for every health institution has 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 come up to said norms.
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 but to its contrary many of the government hospitals lack Bio Medical Waste management facility," sources added. As per sources in health department 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 become root cause to breed various 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.
Sources said that that the Pollution Control Board (PCB) has issued many times warning to all health care establishments have been advised to implement the BMW rules but these institutions have yet failed to come up to the mark.
Director Health Services, Dr Madhu Khullar said in a defensive step where they don't have proper treating/disposal system of BMW, the said waste from various hospitals is sent to nearby bio-medical waste plant for its due disposal.
When contacted Commissioner Secretary Health & Medical Education MK Dwivedi, said we had a proposal to government of India for up gradation of existing bio waste disposal system and to upgrade 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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