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The advancement in the field of science and technology has paved way for rapid augmentation in th... more The advancement in the field of science and technology has paved way for rapid augmentation in the healthcare and the medical facilities all over the world. Hospitals and other healthcare establishments have been rendering services to the society by providing healthcare facilities to the people. They also have a " duty of care " for the environment in connection to the biomedical waste they produce. The management of the biomedical waste is an important facet as delinquency of the biomedical waste management adversely affects the environment posing various kinds of health as well as environmental hazards. The biomedical waste management in India was a duty of the Municipal corporations till July 1998, when the Ministry of Forests and Environment, India promulgated Biomedical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules which shifted the onus of the biomedical waste management from the municipal corporations to the respective hospital authorities. However, the ground reality is far away from satisfactory. Keeping in view of the underlying risks emanating from the improper biomedical waste management of a hospital and its effects on environment and living beings, a study is undertaken to evaluate the biomedical waste management system of Gauhati Medical College and Hospital, one of the premier healthcare institutions of NorthEast India. The study includes assessment of the prevalent waste management system, practices (storage, collection, disposal) and its compliance with the standards prescribed in the Biomedical Waste Management Rules (2016). During the course of the study, it is observed that-(i) Though the hospital is equipped with latest machines and technologies to deal with the waste, the personnel involved in the waste management lack proper know-how of the potential hazards of the biomedical waste and are not properly trained. (ii) The process of collection, segregation and transportation of the wastes are not done in accordance with the standard rules. (iii) The infectious waste are properly taken care of through incinerators, autoclaves, shredders etc. The study concludes that the biomedical waste management system of the hospital is not satisfactory with the hospital lacking proper infrastructure and skilled personnel to mitigate the hazards of biomedical waste.
The advancement in the field of science and technology has paved way for rapid augmentation in th... more The advancement in the field of science and technology has paved way for rapid augmentation in the healthcare and the medical facilities all over the world. Hospitals and other healthcare establishments have been rendering services to the society by providing healthcare facilities to the people. They also have a " duty of care " for the environment in connection to the biomedical waste they produce. The management of the biomedical waste is an important facet as delinquency of the biomedical waste management adversely affects the environment posing various kinds of health as well as environmental hazards. The biomedical waste management in India was a duty of the Municipal corporations till July 1998, when the Ministry of Forests and Environment, India promulgated Biomedical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules which shifted the onus of the biomedical waste management from the municipal corporations to the respective hospital authorities. However, the ground reality is far away from satisfactory. Keeping in view of the underlying risks emanating from the improper biomedical waste management of a hospital and its effects on environment and living beings, a study is undertaken to evaluate the biomedical waste management system of Gauhati Medical College and Hospital, one of the premier healthcare institutions of NorthEast India. The study includes assessment of the prevalent waste management system, practices (storage, collection, disposal) and its compliance with the standards prescribed in the Biomedical Waste Management Rules (2016). During the course of the study, it is observed that-(i) Though the hospital is equipped with latest machines and technologies to deal with the waste, the personnel involved in the waste management lack proper know-how of the potential hazards of the biomedical waste and are not properly trained. (ii) The process of collection, segregation and transportation of the wastes are not done in accordance with the standard rules. (iii) The infectious waste are properly taken care of through incinerators, autoclaves, shredders etc. The study concludes that the biomedical waste management system of the hospital is not satisfactory with the hospital lacking proper infrastructure and skilled personnel to mitigate the hazards of biomedical waste.