The Ganga today is one of the most polluted rivers. It is not only untreated sewage that is dumped into the river but also toxic waste from hospitals and tanneries.
PANJIM: In a shocking case of callousness bio-medical waste, including what appears like human placenta has found its way into an open garbage dump right outside GMC
Chandigarh Punjab pollution control board (PPCB) has slapped notices on 54 government and private hospitals for violation of various norms for managing and handling bio-medical waste. Teams of the nodal agency conducted raids throughout the state and found that a large number of hospitals have been violating pollution control norms. KS Pannu, chairman of the Board told FE that
Fifty-four hospitals were given show cause notices after they were found violating norms of bio-medical waste disposal last week, the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) said on Sunday.
Patiala: 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
KOLKATA, 14 JUNE: Believe it or not the premises of one of the two state-run ID hospitals ~ Satyabala ID hospital in Howrah ~ has turned into a garbage dump owing to the sheer apathy of the administration during the 34-year Left Front rule.
Though chief minister Miss Mamata Banerjee's surprise visit to some of the state-run hospitals in Kolkata and its neighbourhood has resulted in a state of
Experts addressing a workshop on health care waste management here over the week-end called for promoting scientific methods for disposal of waste to improve the standards of health delivery system and minimise the risk of exposure to harmful objects at both public and private health care institutions.
The two-day workshop for medical practitioners, para-medical staff and management personnel o
JAIPUR: The committee, which was constituted by the Sawai Man Singh hospital, presented its report on Thursday on the bio medical waste, which was seized from a scrap dealer shop in Jhalana area around seven days ago.
"The committee stated in the report that everything from collection and segregation of the bio medical waste in the hospital is well supervised," superintendent of the hospital, L
