1,000 kg biomedical waste seized in surat, 7 quacks held
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03/03/2009
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Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
Surat: Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) found close to 1,000 kg of haphazardly disposed biomedical waste after raiding two scrap godowns in Unn area. A complaint has been lodged against two scrap dealers dealing in this waste.
The godowns were raided on Udhna-Sachin main road near Sachin railway over bridge and BIMARU' GUJARAT syringes, needles, empty injection bottles, empty bottles of different types of syrups and empty glucose bottles were found.
Largest amount of waste was found from scrap storage of Shahbuddin Khan. Meanwhile As many as 124 doctors from several clinics across the district have been asked to submit their credentials for verification till Monday. All these doctors, suspected to be quacks, were found practising under dubious circumstances, district health department officials said. According to Surat district collector Dilip Raval, the doctors were identified in various parts of the district. Meanwhile, an official of Bhuj civic body confessed that only a third of Kutchs doctors have made provisions for disposal of bio-medical waste as suggested by law.