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Delhi`s hospitals: waist deep in refuse

  • 30/05/1996

Delhi"s hospitals: waist-deep in refuse
Hospital Wastes managed by Segregation Incinerator Amount of wastes picked up by ragpickers Pilferaging by hospital staff Non incinerrated wastes (total)
Mehrauli TB Hospital staff No Absent 60 per cent infected None 100 per cent/ sputum
Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital staff No Present 10 per cent of saleable biomedical wastes 40 per cent of saleable biomedical wastes 50 per cent/ gloves, blood vials, bandages
Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital staff No Present 10 per cent of saleable biomedical wastes 30 per cent of saleable biomedical wastes 40 per cent/ syringes, gloves, bottles
Safdarjung Hospital staff Yes Present No ragpickers 60 per cent of saleable biomedical wastes 60 per cent/ bottles
All India Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital staff Yes Present No ragpickers 40 per cent of saleable biomedical wastes 40 per cent/ bottles,
Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital staff No Present 20 per cent of saleable biomedical wastes 38 per cent of saleable biomedical wastes 58 per cent/ bottles, blood vials, syringes, bandages
G B Pant Hospital staff No Present 30 per cent of saleable biomedical wastes 20 per cent of saleable biomedical wastes 50 per cent/ dirty linen, bottles, bandages, syringes, gloves
Hindu Rao Hospital No Absent 30 per cent of saleable biomedical wastes 20 per cent of saleable biomedical wastes 50 per cent/ dirty linen, bottles, bandages, syringes, gloves
Kalavati Saran Hospital staff No Absent 32 per cent of saleable biomedical wastes 28 per cent of saleable biomedical wastes 60 per cent/   linen, bottles, gloves
Sucheta Kriplani Hospital staff No Absent 30 per cent of saleable biomedical wastes 25 per cent of saleable biomedical wastes 55 per cent/ linen, syringes
Source: Hospital Waste: a Dangerous Infusion, a vatavaran report Iqbal Malik