Risky disposal of biomedical waste by Adilabad sanitation workers

IRREGULARITIES in the collection and disposal of biomedical waste—needles, syringes, saline bottles, pipes, parts of human bodies and foetuses—have been observed in the erstwhile Adilabad district.

- RAJA REDDY @Adilabad

REGULARITIES in the collection and disposal of biomedical waste—needles, syringes, saline bottles, pipes, parts of human bodies and foetuses—have been observed in the erstwhile Adilabad district.

Sources pointed out that such waste is often improperly dumped and collected by municipal sanitary workers, posing risks to their health, apart from being harmful to the environment and the health of people living in the vicinity.

Biomedical waste from government and private hospitals is supposed to be systematically collected and incinerated at temperatures ranging from 100°C to 1,200°C. Government hospitals in Nirmal, Mancherial, Bhainsa, Utnoor, Bellampally, Khanapur and Asifabad, along with the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Adilabad and other private hospitals, are expected to adhere to these protocols.