Show-cause notices issued after dog carries away amputated leg from Vijayawada GGH
Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh Health Minister Satya Kumar Yadav has ordered an inquiry into an incident in which a stray dog allegedly carried away an amputated leg from the storeroom of the Government General Hospital (GGH) in Vijayawada.
Following the incident, the show-cause notices were issued to the Resident Medical Officer (RMO) and Superintendent over the alleged lapses in biomedical waste disposal.
According to reports, doctors at the GGH had amputated an infected leg of a patient and stored it in the disposal storeroom. However, a stray dog reportedly entered the storeroom, took away the amputated leg, and ate it partially.
According to an UNI report, the Health Minister took the issue seriously and sacked the sanitation staff for dereliction of duty. A notice was also issued to the private agency that is managing the disposal of the biowaste of the GGH.
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The Department of Medical and Health has directed the Superintendents of teaching hospitals to immediately submit reports regarding the current status of their biomedical waste management systems.
Acting in accordance with the directives issued by the State Minister for Medical and Health and in light of the recent incident at the Vijayawada Government General Hospital, the Director of Medical Education (DME), Dr. Radhika Reddy, issued orders to the Superintendents of teaching hospitals, explicitly instructing them to submit details concerning current biomedical waste management, transportation, and other relevant information by Monday.
Officials have been asked to provide details on the condition and maintenance of biomedical waste storage rooms, safety mechanisms used to keep entry points secured, and the validity of approvals issued by the state pollution control board. The DME also ordered the installation and monitoring of CCTV surveillance systems at biomedical waste storage facilities, reports TOI.
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