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Bio-medical waste disposal facility soon

HYDERABAD: For safe disposal of bio-medical waste generated at hospitals, nursing homes and pathological laboratories of the city and neighbouring Rangareddy district, a new facility is expected to be ready for commissioning at Isnapur of Medak district soon.

Estimates suggest that on an average, the medical and health establishments in the city end up generating more than 6 tonnes of bio-medical waste every day.

This waste covers from human anatomical waste, laboratory cultures, needles, syringes, scalpels, blades, outdated and discarded medicines to items such as cotton dressings, soiled plaster casts, linen and others contaminated with blood.

Given the harmful consequences of mixing bio-medical waste with the municipal solid waste, guidelines are framed for segregation at the source of generation and transfer to incineration facility for safe disposal.

All medical and health units including nursing homes, laboratories and big hospitals, both government and corporate, have been asked to seek authorisation for their operations.

According to Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) Senior Environmental Engineer T. Rajender Reddy, except for Primary Health Centres (PHC), which have four to six beds, almost all the other medical and health centres and laboratories have taken the required authorisation.

“Almost 85 per cent to 90 per cent of the bio-medical waste is getting safely handled and necessary steps have been taken to ensure that it does not get mixed with municipal waste,” he says.

Two common treatment plants for handling the waste are run by G.J. Multiclave and Semb Ramky at Kothur and Dammaiguda respectively. While the first one is presently taking care of around 4.5 tonnes of the waste per day, the one at Dammaiguda is handling 2 tonnes each day, Mr. Reddy informs.

However, the Semb Ramky project is now in the process of being shifted to a new location at Isnapur, Medak, and the facility is expected to be ready for commissioning in a month’s time.

“Once the new facility is ready, the present one at Dammaiguda will be closed,” he said.

The city and Rangareddy together offer health care facility with around 22,000 beds, including government hospitals, small nursing homes and corporate hospitals. And based on the kind of ailment and treatment required for the occupant, it is estimated that each bed generates up to 150 gm of bio-medical waste each day.

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