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Tamil Nadu: Biomedical waste needs immediate treatment
Source: Deccan Chronicle, Date: , 2017
Source: Deccan Chronicle, Tamil Nadu, April, 2017 :- In a clear violation of the Biomedical
Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2016, formulated a year ago, none of the
22 government medical college hospitals in the state owns an effluent treatment
plant (ETP) to treat the liquid medical waste. In a ground check conducted by
Deccan Chronicle, it was learnt that Government College Hospitals, including
Stanley Medical College and Madras Medical College, let out their highly
pathogenic liquid into the common city sewer system, without an adequate
treatment. Medical experts also admit that the Christian Medical College (CMC)
Hospital, Vellore, was the only set up to have installed a comprehensive ETP
and a recyclable unit 17 years ago, thereby adhering to the Biomedical Waste
Rules, 2016. Ironically, the 22 Government Medical College hospitals are now in
the preliminary stages of attaining permission from the Tamil Nadu Pollution
Control Board (TNPCB), to set up ETPs, said a TNPCB official.
Read More: http://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/pets-and-environment/280417/tamil-nadu-biomedical-waste-need-immediate-treatment.html
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