Survey of Bio-Medical Waste Disposal System in Some Hospitals of Amravati City

Medical care is vital for our life, health and well being. But the waste generated from medical activities can be hazardous, toxic and even lethal because of their high potential for diseases transmission. Proper disposal or treatment of BMW is compulsory and obvious for the related sources. Present investigation studied the overall status of BMW generated in some major hospitals of Amravati city. As per the survey and dialogues with related authorities it was observed that, the city hospital concerns aware about the toxicity as well as the immediate need of its disposal. However, because of unavailability of proper infrastructure and supervision, there is significant lacuna in the BMW management. The major hospitals send their BMW to the common waste treatment plant. However there is not any regular checking methodology over the others