AGRA: Three hospitals in the city found lacking sanitation and hygiene and violating biomedical waste rules and mandatory safety standards have been served notices. The action was taken after a joint team of the district administration and health department conducted inspections at 10 hospitals.
On Friday, a team of officials led by additional chief medical officer Dr Ajay Kapoor, conducted an inspection at a private hospital in sector-10, Sikandra. Here, medical waste including used syringes, cotton gauze etc. were found lying in the open. The team went to a nursing home in sector 5 next, where they were met with a poor state of sanitation and hygiene. Also, the centre didn’t have any arrangement for disposal of bio-medical waste.
A second team inspected a hospital at Arjun Nagar. Here, not only was the centre not complying with mandatory safety norms, it was found keeping patients in the basement. Besides, it failed to produce a no objection certificate from the fire department.
CMO Mukesh Vats said, “Following an inspection, notices have been issued to three hospitals. They did not have separate containers to store medical waste. Besides, poor standards of sanitation and hygiene were found. One hospital was not found to be safe to admit patients.”
Following complaints of violation of standard norms on bio medical waste management, the district magistrate had directed the additional city magistrates and the CMO to conduct an inspection of hospitals. Earlier this month, notices were issued to 15 private centres found flouting the Biomedical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 1998, which states that such waste cannot be stored longer than 48 hours, has to be segregated, and cannot be mixed with other wastes.
On Friday, a team of officials led by additional chief medical officer Dr Ajay Kapoor, conducted an inspection at a private hospital in sector-10, Sikandra. Here, medical waste including used syringes, cotton gauze etc. were found lying in the open. The team went to a nursing home in sector 5 next, where they were met with a poor state of sanitation and hygiene. Also, the centre didn’t have any arrangement for disposal of bio-medical waste.
A second team inspected a hospital at Arjun Nagar. Here, not only was the centre not complying with mandatory safety norms, it was found keeping patients in the basement. Besides, it failed to produce a no objection certificate from the fire department.
CMO Mukesh Vats said, “Following an inspection, notices have been issued to three hospitals. They did not have separate containers to store medical waste. Besides, poor standards of sanitation and hygiene were found. One hospital was not found to be safe to admit patients.”
Following complaints of violation of standard norms on bio medical waste management, the district magistrate had directed the additional city magistrates and the CMO to conduct an inspection of hospitals. Earlier this month, notices were issued to 15 private centres found flouting the Biomedical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 1998, which states that such waste cannot be stored longer than 48 hours, has to be segregated, and cannot be mixed with other wastes.