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Biomedical Waste Essay

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INTRODUCTION

Visited the LifeLine Multispecialty Hospital, Vandemataram, Gota, Ahmedabad.

LifeLine Multispecialty Hospital is an upcoming hospital in New S.G Road, Chandlodhiya. It is ultramodern facility which covers all health sectors and hosts a centre designed to provide medical services and nursing care of the best standards in all branches of medicine and surgery. It is small, and a boutique sort of a hospital with only 20 beds. It has a fully equipped ICU, NICU with latest monitors, ventilators & defibrillators are competent to handle any critical medical patient. Fully equipped operation theatres, together with the competent surgeons of all faculties are available for any surgical emergency round the clock.

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They are applicable to all persons who generate, collect, receive, store, transport, treat, dispose or handle biomedical wastes. This includes hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, dispensaries, veterinary institutions, animal houses, pathological laboratories and blood banks.

According to the Biomedical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules 1998 and the Indian Society of Hospital Waste Management, It is mandatory for every institution to :

• Set up biomedical waste treatment facilities like incinerators, autoclave and microwave systems for treatment of the wastes
• Make an application to the concerned authorities for grant of authorization
• Submit a report regarding information about the categories and quantities of biomedical wastes handled during the preceding year by 31 Jan every year
• Maintain records about the generation, collection, reception, storage, transportation, treatment, disposal and/or any form of handling bio medical waste
• Report immediately any accident to the prescribed authority

The approved method of disposal by the Government according to the Act is given in the table

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