The
Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) conducted surprise checks at 108
hospitals and health-care facilities across the state yesterday
evening to check violations of the Bio-Medical Waste (Management and
Handling) Rules, 1998.
During checking which continued till late in the evening, eight
government hospitals and 12 private hospitals were found violating
various provisions of BMW Rules.
Notably, according to the provision of BMW Rules, all the
hospitals/health-care centres have to segregate bio-medical waste into
different containers/bags as per the prescribed colour code. The
containers are to be transported from the premises of the hospital to
the Common Bio-Medical Waste Treatment Facility, located at Mohali,
Ludhiana, Pathankot, Amritsar and Bathinda.
However, as per information, there were reports that some hospitals
and health-care centres in the state are not complying with the norms
laid down in the BMW Rules. PPCB functionaries received information
that some hospitals and health-care centres are either dumping their
bio-medical waste along with municipal solid waste or throwing it away
in an unhygienic manner.
PPCB
chairman KS Pannu said that 22 teams headed by Senior Environmental
Engineers and Environmental Engineers of the board were constituted to
conduct the raids.
“Each
team was directed to visit a minimum of five hospitals - at least one
government civil hospital, one big private hospital and three small
private hospitals,” he said.
He
said that total of 108 hospitals and health-care centres were
inspected, which included 19 government hospitals, 19 big private
hospitals and the rest were small health-care centres.
“It
is really sad that highly qualified members of society like doctors
are not adhering to the rules related to the disposal of material
dangerous to human health.
Erring private hospitals
22 teams
of the pollution board inspected 108 hospitals. Eight government and
12 private hospitals were found dumping bio-medical waste along with
municipal solid waste
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Tagore Hospital, Jalandhar
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Amandeep Hospital, Amritsar
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Mohan Dai Oswal Cancer Research Foundation, Ludhiana
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Adesh Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Bathinda
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Aastha Hospital, Moga
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Amar Hospital, Patiala
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Guru Nanak Hospital, Dhahan Kaleran
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Dashmesh Hospital, Faridkot
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Adesh Hospital, Muktsar
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Frances Newton Hosptial, Ferozepur
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Chauhan Hospital, Sarna, Gurdaspur
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The
PPCB authorities didn’t disclose the names of erring govt hospitals
