Mayor Surendra Furtado has promised the commission’s logistic support, but has asked health care providers in the city to coordinate with GHMS for the management of biomedical waste considering ...

More than 15 years after rules for management and handling of bio-medical waste were notified, the provisions are yet to be fully implemented.

Hospitals and nursing homes in Haridwar are making mockery of Bio-medical Waste Management and Handling Rules, 1998. Non-segregation of bio-medical waste seems to have become a norm in the city.

Bio-medical waste goes untreated The waste generated by State-run hospitals and diagnostic laboratories ends up in the drainagesystem, the potential breeding grounds for vectors.

The government today notified new rules governing management of bio-medical waste, providing for a wider coverage and making it mandatory to pre-treat lab waste, blood samples, etc, besides ...

Even as bio-medical waste is increasing every year, inefficient handling of this toxic stockpile remains a challenge for the Union Health Ministry and Environment Ministry.

The Nagaland Pollution Control Board (NPCB) conducted a workshop to address the growing issue of bio-medical waste as it poses a grave danger to the environment.

Despite having adequate regulatory mechanisms, bio-medical waste is openly dumped in garbage containers and drains in Hubli-Dharwad. Flouting of rules brazenly by hospitals and clinics is exposing ...

SCHEDULE V (see Rule 5 and Schedule 1) STANDARDS FOR TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL OF BIO-MEDICAL WASTES STANDARDS FOR INCINERATORS: All incinerators shall meet the following operating and emission ...

Some of the most common issues that afflict bio-medical waste management in government hospitals as observed by the PCB officials include inadequate internal monitoring, lack of proper training to ...