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Medical Institutions & Hospitals States - Kerala Hospitals urged to improve waste disposal methods Our Bureau
It requested hospital managements to obtain necessary clearance soon, as strict implementation of the statutes is urgently needed to improve hospital management practices. All are requested to ensure that biomedical wastes rules are complied with in letter and spirit for the upkeep of health and well-being of the people, officials said. It is estimated that 1.3-2 kg of solid waste and 400 litres of liquid waste are generated per day in healthcare institutions. About 85 per cent of the solid waste generated is general waste, similar to general garbage and can be handled along with other municipal solid waste. The remaining 15 per cent constitutes infectious and toxic waste. According to board officials, many of healthcare institutions are giving due care to segregation of wastes and storage in colour-coded containers. However, some have only satisfactory biomedical waste treatment and disposal facilities. Many of the incinerators installed do not meet the criteria for biomedical waste incinerators. There are also instances of segregated waste being combined for disposal. There are complaints from local bodies that garbage collected or sent out from healthcare institutions contains biomedical wastes too. This leads to hundreds of tonnes of municipal solid waste turning into biomedical waste. The cost of treating the entire quantity is liable to be recovered along with penalty from the healthcare institutions concerned. Biomedical rules require that all the healthcare institutions to have adequate facilities for treatment and safe disposal of biomedical waste
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