Recycling infection through hospital waste

Infected blood, stool, urine and other samples are indiscriminately being dumped in open garbage bins. The same procedure is adopted for soiled blood stained bandages, operation theatre refuse and other dangerously infected similar waste! What is being done about it? It is high time we have inspection teams with the health ministry, City Corporation and public hospital representatives along with a magistrate carrying out surprise inspection to ensure that all hospital waste is hygienically disposed, and spot punish those guilty of indiscriminate and unsafe disposal.

This is not being done, and in fact we are creating innumerable germinating centres for spread of dangerous germs and infections by throwing hospital clinic and pathological laboratory wastes in dustbins and similar places all over the city.

In the larger interest of public health, this problem deserves serious attention, inspection and follow up to prevent recycling of germs and diseases which is not visible to the eye but happening every day.

In all likelihood, this pollution is far more dangerous than polluted food items and unhygienic food preparation and service.