A first of its kind workshop on pollution control action plan for bio-medical waste management in Haridwar city was organised by the Pollution Control Research Institute (PCRI).
DIBRUGARH, May 18: Scientific disposal of biomedical waste eludes Dibrugarh despite the setting up of an incinerator at Assam Medical College (AMC) here. The only institution currently using the facility is AMC itself.
KOHIMA, May 10: A workshop on Bio-medical Waste Management was held at Nagaland Pollution Control Board (NPCB), Conference Hall, Signal Point Dimapur to sensitize the hazards of bio-medical waste.
NEW DELHI: The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) has urged the States of Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to pool their resources to draft bio-medical waste disposal guidelines.
The state health department issued fresh guidelines on Monday to hospitals and nursing homes for the proper use, maintenance and disposal of radioactive sources.
The advisory comes weeks after radioactive Cobalt-60 found at the Mayapuri scrap market claimed one life and injured six others.
The state pollution control board has slapped a closure notice on Calcutta Medical Research Institute (CMRI) for failing to dispose of infectious biomedical waste properly.
The notice, issued on April 23, will be implemented
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala State Pollution Control Board has urged all health care institutions, including hospitals, clinics, clinical laboratories and veterinary institutions, to mutilate used needles and syringes to prevent reuse.
