Forty-eight hospitals of the city and district, including SSG Hospital, have been served notices by Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) for being negligent in disposal of bio-medical waste. According to GPCB officials, the notices were issued after a team of officials that surveyed hospitals and clinics in February submitted its report recently.
Issues 56 applications for Bio-Medical Waste Authorisation
The Goa State Pollution Control Board has conducted inspection of 144 healthcare facilities and has issued 56 new applications for obtaining Bio-Medical Waste Authorization.
The incinerator and plasma pyrolysis plant at Goa Medical College & Hospital treating bio-medical waste are not in good health. Also, this premier hospital lacks certain facilities as it treats bio-medical waste from other hospitals as well.
AHMEDABAD: Hepatitis-B scare that swept city followed by anomalies in disposal of biomedical waste (BMW) seem to have finally prompted Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) to plan its own BMW disposal site in a public-private partnership (PPP).
Ahmedabad: Hepatitis-B scare that swept city followed by anomalies in disposal of biomedical waste (BMW) seem to have finally prompted Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) to plan its own BMW disposal site in a public-private partnership (PPP).
Ahmedabad : Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) sealed five units in city on Monday after investigation reports proved that they were using biomedical waste for packaging food items and medicines. Most of them were bottling units. Sealed units include Gujarat Pharma Laboratory, Ketlik Pharma, Shri Madh traders, Gujarat Remedies and Medivate laboratories.
Ahmedabad: In its continuing drive against hospitals not following waste disposal norms, Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) served notice to VHP international general secretary Praveen Togadia's Dhanvantri hospital in Bapunagar among others on Friday for improper waste segregation and not possessing the mandatory no-objecion certificate (NOC).
AHMEDABAD: In its continuing drive against hospitals not following waste disposal norms, Gujarat Pollution Control Board served notice to VHP international general secretary Praveen Togadia
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has gathered first visible evidence against four pharma and packaging firms in Narol and Isanpur whose names figured in the list of 26 firms recycling medical waste. A raiding team found boxes containing used medicine bottles with their cartons that were supplied by a scap dealer to these companies.
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has gathered first visible evidence against four pharma and packaging firms in Narol and Isanpur whose names figured in the list of 26 firms recycling medical waste. A raiding team found boxes containing used medicine bottles with their cartons that were supplied by a scap dealer to these companies.
