NGT asks Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital to follow waste rules or face blackout
Source: Hindustan Times, Date: , 2017
Hindustan Times, New Delhi, Feb 2017: Doctors at New Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital may
soon be operating and treating patients in the dark with the National Green
Tribunal (NGT) threatening to cut off its water and power supply if it does not
comply with biomedical waste disposal norms within 15 days. “It’s impossible to
meet the deadline, such a project will take at least six months to a year,”
said Dr AK Rai, medical superintendant of the hospital. Safdarjung is one of
the busiest government hospitals in Delhi, with a daily footfall of 7,000-8,000
patients. It has the biggest burns ward and the highest number of deliveries in
north India, delivering between 70 and 80 babies each day.