CHANDIGARH: Punjab government is taking
all necessary measures to implement biomedical waste management and handling
system as 173 hospitals working underPunjab Health Systems
Corporationhave
implemented it in the state, a government spokesmansaid on Sunday.
These
hospitals have entered into a contract with the Common Bio-Medical Waste
Treatment Facility (CBWTF) identified by Punjab Pollution Control Board for
provision of colour coded bags for storage of bio-medical waste generated in
the hospitals and its collection, and then disposing it as per guidelines, he
said.
He
said, four common facilities have been established in the state at SAS Nagar,
Ludhiana, Amritsar and Pathankot for scientific handling and disposal of
biomedical waste being generated mainly from hospitals, nursing homes and
clinics.