Major fire at Indian clinical waste plant
A major fire broke out at IMAGE, the bio-medical waste management plant of Indian Medical Association Kerala, at Kanjikode on Sunday. The fire was detected at noon and fire force […]
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Medical waste incinerator machine for hospital under Swachhta Action Plan
POSOCO provides a medical waste incinerator machine to hospital under Swachhta Action Plan. A development that cannot really be criticised, but this really isn’t an incinerator. And yet more obvious, […]
Cat drags away foetus at Mumbai hospital
A three-month aborted foetus, which was dumped in the biomedical waste room of the hospital, was devoured by a cat on this week. The shocking incident occurred at the King Edward […]
BD launches safety engineered devices campaign, India
To encourage the usage of safety engineered devices, BD is organizing a ‘Santa Says…Stay Sharp Be Safe’ pan India campaign. Aligned with its commitment towards safety of healthcare workers, the […]
Clinical waste disposal in India – how bad can they get #2
A Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) team found 2 tonnes of biomedical waste at a shop of a scrap dealer in Dhanas in a raid on Friday, a day after […]
Clinical waste disposal in India – how bad can they get?
CHANDIGARH: A task of unclogging drains belched out hundreds of used syringes at Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, on Saturday, indicating that something was wrong in the disposal […]
Times of India reports clinical waste “recycling”
KOLKATA: Biomedical and hazardous waste is regularly being recycled and sold in open market despite there being specific rules for its segregation, transportation and dumping. The blatant practice was confirmed […]
One hell of a needlestick
From India, meet the man who seems to enjoy sticking over 500 needles into his face…. No comment! Last updated: Saturday, April 1, 2017
Police rumble Indian medical waste racket
The Sion police probing into the case of medical waste seized on Thursday will be questioning the owners and staff of SMS Logistics that have been given the contract to […]
Fake clinical waste disposal plant
It seems most unlikely. A fake clinical waste operating plant? What was it? What did it pretend to be? Amusing perhaps, but the reality seems far more sinister. In fact, the […]