It is estimated that Indian health care industry is growing at a rate of 12% per annum. Health care institutions have a very high potential for disease transmission through its waste, in this episode, we focus on the dangers of how toxic biomedical waste is and how unaware people are about its harmful effects. We speak about Swachh Bharat, cleanliness practices that need to be urgently brought to medical institutions to prevent them from becoming a source of disease and how the staff must be trained on handling biomedical waste in keeping with set guidelines.
Technology Partners: MimirTech
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/biomedical-waste-cause-growing-concern
[2] http://www.ndtv.com/video/environment/banega-swachh-india/biomedical-waste-a-cause-of-growing-concern-461694
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/hospital-waste
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/hazardous-waste
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/solid-waste
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/waste-management
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/centre-science-and-environment-cse
