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By Bindu Shajan Perappadan
NEW DELHI, NOV. 14. The Directorate of Health Services has in response to a letter sent to it by Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan (LNJP) Hospital this past week stating that the Delhi Government hospitals using their bio-medical waste treatment facility -- incinerators and autoclave -- were sending "shabby'' waste, has written to the 26 Delhi Government-run health units to clean up their act. The nodal hospital, LNJP, doubles up as a "waste treatment station'' for various health units using its incinerator and autoclave facility. In its letter, the Hospital had requested the health officials to take action and warn the erring hospitals to help improve the bio-medical waste treatment facility being offered. LNJP officials noted that the waste bags that were coming to the hospital were not sealed, they did not bear the name of the hospital they were coming from and often also missing was the date on which the waste was lifted. It also noted that no "red bags'' that contains waste for microwave, autoclave and chemical treatment was being brought to the hospital. Unhappy with the state of affairs, LNJP authorities said they were unable to follow the direction of safe disposal of medical waste as the `mismanagement' defeated the very purpose of the bio-medical waste programme in Delhi. According to the rule, the hospital disposing of its waste has to be labelled as per Schedule III of Bio-Medical Waste Rule 1998 and all containers having different coloured plastic bags should be located at the point of generating of waste. Also waste bags should be filled up to three-fourth capacity, tied securely and removed within the prescribed time limit. The rules also state that certain categories may need pre-treatment before they are actually disposed. The Directorate of Health Services has in response written to all the 26 hospitals asking them to either clean up their act or refute the allegation of LNJP.
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