The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has imposed a penalty of Rs 10 lakh on Mallige Hospital on Crescent Road for dumping bio-medical waste in an open area near Hebbal Lake.

It has issued a showcause notice to the hospital, asking it why its trade licence should not be cancelled. The civic agency has given three days’ time to the hospital to reply, failing which the licence will be cancelled.

Hospicio bio-medical waste management once again came under scanner after waste stacked in plastic bags was found dumped within the hospital premises on Sunday.

The hospital management has been resorting to the deep burial method to dispose of the bio-medical waste generated in this government district hospital. However, waste including used syringes and needles were scattered around the place on Sunday raising doubts about the efficacy of the system in place.

The holy waters of Beas river have gradually become a dustbin, sewerage and even a corpse-yard for the residents as well as visitors in Kullu.

The Malampuzha Dam Protection Council has called upon the government to close down a hospital waste management plant run by Indian Medical Association Goes Eco-Friendly (IMAGE), an initiative of th

China's first official plan for hazardous-waste control was released on Thursday.

The Chennai Corporation will strengthen the management of biomedical waste in the city shortly.

At a meeting attended by representatives of the Corporation, the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board and the Department of Environment among others, the Corporation was asked to improve scientific disposal of biomedical waste. This constitutes over 2 per cent of municipal waste in Chennai. The civic body will soon take initiatives to address challenges such as the lack of training for staff of hospitals in segregation of such waste and colour coding for waste management.

DIMAPUR: Even as maintenance of cleanliness and hygiene by both government-run hospitals and health centres as well as the mushrooming private hospitals and clinics in Nagaland has been under publi

Seeks details from States on system adopted to prevent radiation

Concerned over lack of proper facilities for disposal of radioactive substances used in government hospitals, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked States to provide it with information on the disposal of radioactive waste from hospitals. The States have been asked to respond within eight weeks failing which the Commission would take action for non-compliance.

Indian Medical Association has joined hands with Credai Clean City Movement to tackle the increasing threat of biomedical waste in the city.

If found guilty, a fine will be imposed on the hospital, officials say

The Coimbatore Corporation has issued notice to Ganga Hospital here for attempting to dump biomedical waste at its waste management facility in Vellalore. According to T.K. Ponnusamy, Commissioner, Coimbatore Corporation, the civic body issued the notice on Sunday after the officials on Sunday morning found a bag of biomedical waste in the non-medical waste that was transported from the hospital to the yard. The officials concerned were reportedly tipped off by residents. The waste bag contained used, blood-stained cotton, needles, bags used in blood transmission and gloves. It was a bag weighing just about two kg.