UP: 4 private hospitals slapped Rs 63 lakh fine over flouting Bio-medical waste disposal norms

Ghaziabad: The pollution control board in Uttar Pradesh has slapped a collective fine of over Rs 63 lakh on four private hospitals for ignoring bio-medical waste disposal norms, an official said.

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered the pollution control board to serve notice to Yashoda hospital, Santosh Medical College, Atlanta and Lee Crest hospitals and sought their replies.

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The decision has been taken by the joint committee administration and NGT-constituted Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) entrusted to implement environmental laws and rules in the state.

The copy of the decision has also been submitted before the tribunal, the regional manager of UPPCB Utsav Sharma told PTI. One of the four hospitals was flushing the waste in the sewer line. The condition of sewage and effluent treatment plants was also observed unsatisfactory. After the decision of NGT, further action would be initiated against four hospitals, he added.

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Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that boosting the health infrastructure in Uttar Pradesh, the Yogi government is preparing an action plan to re-operate state government training institutes, which have been closed for the last three decades.

In this regard, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed top officials to work on infrastructure facilities for better training of ANMs (Auxiliary Nurse Midwifery) and GNMs (General Nursing and Midwifery). Keeping in view the need of the youth, along with providing all the necessary infrastructure and facilities, the state government is resuming their operation.

As many as nine nursing schools are going to start in the state from July 15, while 35 ANM training centers will start operating in the month of August.

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