Raipur revenue division   commissioner G R Churendra directed Indian Medical Association (IMA), Nursing Home Association office bearers, division district Chief Medical Officer, Veterinary Officer along with other related institution heads to implement the Biomedical Waste Management Rules 2016 (Amended 2018 and 2019) along with National Green Tribunal directives keeping in view the health safety of citizens.

Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board (CECB) officials were also present in the meeting.

CECB chief chemist M K Diwan and Regional Officer Dr S. Upadhayay said that all hospitals and nursing homes above 10 bed as per NGT directive issued on December 31, 2019 has to install Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP) for treatment of all water released and it is mandatory for all institutions to carry out bar-coding of all biomedical waste.

All the institutions have to create their own website and submit their annual report before June 30 every year, which has to be sent to CECB headquarters and Central Pollution Control Board, New Delhi, without fail.

CECB officials intimated that all health care facilitators (HCFs) have to take license, which is mandatory. Clinic, pathology lab, Ayush clinic, Ayurvedic clinic and Veterinary hospital will have to take one time license while bedded hospital, nursing homes have to renew it regularly.

All the bio-medical waste management can be done through entering into an agreement with common bio-medical waste treatment facilities. All the biomedical waste has been      separated like yellow category which has to be pre-treated, and there should be storage facility for segregated bio-waste.