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Workshop on Bio Medical Waste and Mercury Management Vijayawada
Source: Toxics Link, Date: , 2013
Effective management of bio medical waste is practiced
only in a few private hospitals in Krishna District .Statistics reflect that
out of 560 private hospitals across Krishna district, only a few are managing
BMW properly.There has been no attempt or concrete initiative for educating the
medical staff of the hospitals in the district on the mercury management as a
result every existing hospital, uses a thermometer or other mercury filled
instrument as a part of their medical equipment. It was in this context that Toxics Link in
collaboration with GFFD (NGO in Krishna) organized a workshop on “Bio Medical
Waste and Mercury Management” in Vijayawada on 7th February 2013.The
workshop was supported by District Medical and Health Department and
Arogyasree-Krishna and aimed to create awareness among health (Govt) sector
professional, predominantly government doctors on the issue of Bio Medical
Waste and Mercury Management Mr. Murali Krishna MK Sarika , CEO GFFD in
his inaugural address stated the significance and the necessity of conducting these kinds of the workshops in
Krishna district. Mr. Janardhan urged for the need of mobilizing the doctors on
bio medical waste and mercury management because there are only few who are
aware of these issues. This
was followed by a Technical Sessions where Mr. Rahul Thampi, Programme officer,
Toxics link talked on “The Menace of Mercury” and “Bio medical waste
management.” Explaining about the menace of mercury he briefed about the
characteristics that mercury posses and ideal way of mercury management in the
hospitals. Mr. Thampi also enumerated the precaution that needs to be followed
for proper collection and disposal of these elements. Discussing about the
biomedical waste and its management he explained about what exactly is the bio
medical waste and the components which come under such wastes. He also talked
about recycling units where he cited the example of safe environ which collects the bags of segregated waste from the hospital every 48
hours and treats the waste with the help of incineration, autoclaving or burying
the waste upto 20 feet deep into the soil where human living is prohibited. The
other speakers in the session included included Dr.Janardhan(District
Immunization Officer-Krishna), Dr.Sudhakar(District Coordinator –
Arogyasree-Krishna), Mr. Murali Krishna MKS(Executive Director-Guide Foundation
For Development) who talked on the absence of efficient biomedical waste management in the district and the
lack of awareness. The participants felt that hardly any measures were taken
and implemented for proper recycling and management of biomedical and mercury
wastes due to lack of knowledge of the medical staff. The workshop saw an overwhelming response
from 87 PHC doctors and private doctors and 23 hospital staff members across
the district.Also, some key recommendations were made in the conference. The
participants recommended that these kinds of workshops should be conducted at
the ground level in order to educate the people towards healthier environment
and human life. Also there were suggestions that apart from the training
programme there was also a need of IEC materials in the local language (Telugu).
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