He said the system was designed not only to take care of the requirement of the institute but also of other hospitals and private nursing homes located in Patna and adjoining areas on payment basis.
"Extension of the facility on payment to other hospitals and nursing homes, who cannot establish the same on their own and hence can be asked to close down by state pollution control board under the provisions of Bio-Medical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 1998, will prove to be of great help to them", Singh said.
IGIMS has a bed-strength of about 400, Singh claimed. Hospitals and nursing homes in towns having 500 beds or more were supposed to provide for this facility by 1999 while those having 200 to 499 beds were supposed to have it by the year 2000.
Hospitals and nursing having 50 to less than 200 beds were supposed to provide for this facility by 2002, Singh added.
IGIMS Public Relation Officer Parwez Ahmad Khan said as per statutory provision the incinerator was two-chambered with a capacity to incinerate 200-250 kg of bio-medical waste per hour. This apart, it has the facility for automatic loading of waste and removal of ash while running, Khan said.
Singh said following a request from IGIMS authorities seeking financial assistance for the installation of a comprehensive Hospital Waste Management System at the institute premises, the Centre had released a grant of Rs 63.50 lakh to it in 2001. He said the institute had so far spent Rs 48 lakh on the project.
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