It is said that 500 tones of Biomedical waste is produced and disposed every day in India. Cost of disposing a waste for 1 kg if it is a common waste is around Rs. 1.50 if it is taged as biomedical waste then the cost will be Rs. 150. See the amount of money wasted as tagging a material as biomedical waste which is actually not so as well as a misnomer. Does the hospitals are a source of so called hazardous biomedical waste. Not all the biomedical waste now tagged are infectious.
Only 20% are potentially infectious. You can accept hospitals are dealing with infected patients and infectious wounds. But remember before he enter a hospital also he is the same person carrying with him the infectious potential. Does all surgeries are source of infection. The answer is definitely no. Most of surgeries are done in a clean environment and all precautions are taken to avoid infections to…
