Anantapur: Swachh Andhra Corporation chairman K. Pattabhi Ram has directed Government General Hospital (GGH), Anantapur, to rectify deficiencies in sanitation and management of the entity’s biomedical waste within a week. Otherwise, he warned that stringent action will be taken against the agency responsible for waste disposal.
The chairman inspected on Tuesday the Anantapur Municipal Corporation (AMC) dumping yard, where the biomedical waste had been lying with garbage lifted by the Anantapur municipality. Later, Pattabhi Ram held a review meeting at the GGH conference hall with hospital officials, representatives of the AP Pollution Control Board, AMC authorities and the biomedical waste management agency.
During the meeting, officials of the Pollution Control Board submitted a report highlighting deficiencies, including improper segregation of biomedical waste, non-compliance with the prescribed four-colour bin system, inadequate storage facilities for organic and dry waste, poor surveillance, and the absence of biohazard signage.
Expressing concern, the chairman warned that the agency entrusted with biomedical waste disposal would be blacklisted if it failed to rectify the shortcomings within a week. He summoned the agency’s managing director to appear before him next Thursday with an explanation. Pattabhi Ram directed the hospital management and the agency to strictly adhere to central and state government guidelines on biomedical waste handling and disposal. He instructed the agency to deploy a larger vehicle and maintain a fixed daily schedule for collecting the biomedical waste from the Government General Hospital.
He asked hospital authorities to ensure segregation of waste at source, implement the prescribed colour-coding system, and use separate trolleys for transporting biomedical waste. Pattabhi Ram said he would review compliance after one week and take strict action if deficiencies are not rectified by then.
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