Forty-eight hospitals of the city and district, including SSG Hospital, have been served notices by Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) for being negligent in disposal of bio-medical waste. According to GPCB officials, the notices were issued after a team of officials that surveyed hospitals and clinics in February submitted its report recently. "The team found 48 health centres not disposing off their bio-medical waste in separate bags, as per GPCB's guidelines. Even SSG Hospital was found discarding waste in municipal corporation garbage bins, despite having an incineration plant," said an official. "More than 60 per cent of those hospitals and clinics slapped with notices were from Vadodara city alone," the official said, SOURCE: SANDESH