Medical Waste Management- A crisis

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Medical Waste Management- A crisis
by \| 22-08-2015 00:51 0
August, 2015, I received many calls about medical wastes lying in local spaces. August is the month when the ill-effects of heavy rains start to show up. Water-logging helps mosquitoes and other insects to breed. The water-logging infects the great drinking water reservoir 20-30 feet underneath the surface of the earth. In many places, thus infected water causes Cholera and Bloody Dysentery to the masses which cannot afford water-purifying systems. The food materials kept in open develop fungus on them. This all sends the number of patients soaring in the health clinics and private and government hospitals. A medical system of second-rate urban centers in India is not capable of handling this much of medical waste coming out of a sizable population. An effective management of medical wastes very strongly requires effective, big incinerators . A cursory survey of a small town in India, Nalanda, was enough to disclose that not a single nursing home or hospital had any incinerators. At some government hospitals, the medical wastes were kept in open for a week or two before they were burnt manually and poorly. But, not before stray dogs took away some part of it into the streets. No doubt, effective management of medical waste is somewhat costly, but it is needed to save our ecosystem.

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Luiz Bispo says :
People must be aware about its hazard! Moreover, government is fundamental to educate people and provide proper disposal waste for this sort of material. Thanks for sharing Yagya! =)
Posted 22-08-2015 09:36

Anthony Emecheta says :
Yagya thanks for bringing up this topic. Medical wastes if poorly handled possess the capacity of multiplying infections. The hospital managements should also be held accountable for poor disposal of their wastes. Some of the hospital wastes e.g syringes can be recycled and I see no reason why the hospital should just dump them recklessly. They need to be enlightened and brought to take responsibility.
Posted 22-08-2015 07:40

Arushi Madan says :
Biomedical waste is potentially infectious and hazardous and damaging for environment as well. Medical waste should be treated and disposed properly. There should be strict laws and facilities. Thanks for the report.
Posted 22-08-2015 06:16

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Yeah Bikal brother, this is problematic in Nepal too, we rarely find incinerators at the hospitals and the waste management practice is not well planned. Street animals consume it or take it to the residential areas and may create more problems. Thus, there should be law to make sure that every medical insitutes manages their waste on own, otherwise the situation doesn't seem to improve.
Thank you for drawing our attention dear Yagya :)
Posted 22-08-2015 02:31