Hospital fined Rs 50k over waste disposal

Greater Noida: The

public health department

of

Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority

(GNIDA) on Sunday imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on Hope Hospital in Sector

Delta 2

for disposing non-segregated

biomedical waste

of the hospital and leaving it untended in the hospital premises.

Instructions were further given to deposit the amount to the authority within 10 working days along with a warning that if the hospital management was found repeating the act, strict action will be taken as per the terms of the lease deed.

“Under

Solid Waste Management

(SWM) Rule 2016 applicable in Greater Noida, all hospitals are required to segregate the bio-medical waste and arrange for its disposal to the dumping point. Bio-medical waste cannot be mixed with solid waste and left untended,” said Salil Yadav, deputy general manager in charge of public health department, GNIDA.