Every hospital generating bio-medical
waste needs to set up treatment facilities at its premises or
ensure treatment of waste at the common treatment facility,
said Dr Bina R Sawhney, Chief Medical Officer, Directorate of
Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare at the
CII conference on Bio-Medical Waste Management organised at
the CII Northern Region headquarters on Friday.
With India generating 5.4 MT of bio-medical
waste annually, Daljit Singh, chairman, CII Healthcare Sub- Committee
of Northern Region, said compliance and monitoring are critical for
effective bio-medical waste management.
Dr O P Mittal, Director, Lab Services,
Directorate General Health Services, Government of Haryana, said
careless and indiscriminate disposal of the waste can affect the
health of healthcare staff, patients and community.
Highlighting the technological strides in
bio-medical waste management across the globe, Dr Vijay Agarwal
mentioned various initiatives being adopted in hospitals in developed
countries to reduce the use of mercury.
Dr Arati Verma, Chief - Medical Excellence
Programmes, Max Healthcare; Dr Anita Sharma, Head - Lab Medicine,
Fortis Hospital, Mohali; Dr Vandita Gupta, Becton Dickenson (BD)
India; Dr Parminder Kaur, Head of Quality of Dr Lal Pathology Lab;
Ashley Isaiah, General Superintendent, CMC, Ludhiana and Vipin Kaushal,
Medical Superintendent, Government Medical College and Hospital
Chandigarh, were among the delegates present on the occasion.
They focused on strategies to tackle the problem
of bio-medical waste management through technological advancements and
capacity building.
