Nagpur Municipal Corporation slaps four hospitals, pathology lab with fines for dumping biomedical waste

Nagpur: Four hospitals and one pathology lab in Nagpur were fined for improper disposal of biomedical waste and garbage by the Nagpur Municipal Corporation as part of their efforts under Swachh Bharat Mission. 

Two hospitals, Gastro Vision and Medigrace hospitals under the Laxmi Nagar Zone, were fined Rs 50,000 each as the NMC officials found biomedical waste inside the garbage near the hospitals. 

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The other two hospitals which were penalized for not disposing of biomedical waste properly include Ortho Hospital and Respire Hospital in Ramdaspeth under the Dharampeth Zone, as per a media report in the Live Nagpur.

Lal Pathology on New Narsala Road was fined Rs 5000 for throwing garbage near the lab. 

NMC has been taking action against those who were found throwing garbage, displaying lighting on trees, spitting on the road, using plastic, spreading construction material on road, and those who disposed biomedical wastes in an improper manner on a daily basis now. 

Since the rating of ZNMC has been going down, they have been taking strict action against the ones violating the rules, particularly in the garbage disposal process. 

Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported about a similar incident from Nagpur where a clinic and pathology lab had been fined Rs 1 lakh for disposing biomedical waste on a footpath in a busy region after getting caught by the Nuisance Detection Squad (NDS) of Nagpur Municipal Corporation's Ashi Nagar zone. 

The Biomedical waste rules clearly state that biomedical wastes should be disposed of only in a scientific manner. The Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules, 2016 clearly state that the waste needs to be segregated at the source point with color-coded plastic bags. The rule states direct that there should be a designated central waste collection room situated within hospital premises for storing the bio-medical waste, till the waste is picked and transported for treatment and disposal at Common Bio-medical Waste Treatment and Disposal Facility (CBWTF).

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