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Coronavirus | Mounting bio medical waste poses a challenge in Mumbai, Pune

Coronavirus | Mounting biomedical waste poses a challenge in Mumbai, Pune Updated: Updated: Standard operating procedures (SOPs) laid down on segregation and disposal Share Article AAA Patients in home isolation have been asked to separate wet and dry garbage and spray it with sodium hypochlorite before handing it over to the waste-collector. File Photo.   Standard operating procedures (SOPs) laid down on segregation and disposal The rising number of COVID-19 patients in Maharashtra has presented another challenge to civic bodies in major cities on dealing with disposal of biomedical waste, which has also increased substantially. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has seen a spike in the number of cases with around 6,84,048 positive patients since 2020. The financial capital produces around 22 to 23 MT biomedical waste every day.

In vaccination list of frontline staff in Pune, Covid waste managers go missing

Updated Feb 21, 2021 | 11:54 IST Two incinerators, each having a capacity to process 300 kg/hour, are being out up at the Sangamwadi facility. In vaccination list of frontline staff in Pune, Covid waste managers go missing  |  Photo Credit: AP Pune: A group of 60 frontline staff who are performing a major responsibility in the fight against Covid in the district are feeling ignored. These are workers at the Common Bio-Medical Waste Treatment Facilities. There are two biomedical garbage processing plants in the district, one for the city located at Sangawadi and another for Pimpri-Chinchwad at Yashwantrao Chavan Municipal Hospital, which have the responsibility of collecting biomedical waste from 5,500 healthcare facilities and then incinerating or recycling it.

Pune hospitals protest against unfair rate as they witness huge waste disposal bills

Updated Dec 22, 2020 | 11:44 IST Hospitals are unhappy with the rates that are being charged for waste disposal. This is unfair and officials would file a case in the court against these rates. Pune hospitals protest against unfair rate as they see huge waste disposal bills  |  Photo Credit: PTI Pune: Covid biomedical waste weighing 8.6 lakh kg has been produced across 160 hospitals of Pune in between March 20-October 20. The everyday amount of Covid biomedical waste has reduced in the past two months because of lesser positive cases. But hospitals are unhappy with the rates that are being charged for waste disposal. This is unfair and officials would file a case in the court against these rates, Dr Dhananjay Kelkar, MD of Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital told The Indian Express.

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