Ahmedabad: His clinic was found reusing syringes and functioning without a system to dispose of biomedical waste
Even as Hepatitis B continues to terrorise people of Modasa, an FIR was registered against an allopathic doctor and his son on charges of culpable homicide on Saturday. The duo has been identified as Dr Govind Patel and his son, Chintan Patel.
Modasa: A father and son, both doctors who ran a private clinic which recklessly used the same syringe to give injections to multiple patients, have been arrested for causing the tragic outbreak of Hepatitis-B in the north Gujarat town of Modasa. So far 38 people have died since the outbreak two weeks ago.
The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSCB) had issued an ultimatum recently to six private hospitals threatening closure if effluent treatment plants (ETPs) were not put in place for disposal of liquid waste. A reality check done by Deccan Herald at some of the hospitals revealed that work in this connection has not even commenced, on account of various reasons.
Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) has issued 133 notices to hospitals and pathological laboratories including Government-run hospitals and health centres for submission of Action Plan on compliance of Biomedical Waste Rules even as the State Government today asked the hospital managements to immediately decide on short-term measures to tackle bio-medical waste.
The government is formulating regulations necessitating healthcare facilities to have safe disposal and management of medical wastes that can expose people to various diseases such as hepatitis, HIV, tuberculosis, gangrene and tetanus.
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The Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) came under scanner on Monday as the High Court demanded to know what action had been taken to ensure that medical waste is systematically disposed off and if, any action was taken against any erring hospitals.
