Hospitals/nursing homes having below 10 beds in the district will have to compulsorily install sewage treatment plant by December 31st 2019.
Also, all the clinics where injections are administered will have to get a certificate from the Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board (CECB).
It was, informed during a meeting of hospital, nursing home, path lab and dental clinic service providers held here. The meeting was called on the directives of district Collector Jaiprakash Maurya on Saturday.
Notably a state level meeting of committee formed on the directives of National Green Tribunal (NGT), was held in Raipur on April 25 wherein safe disposal of bio-medical waste was discussed.
Regional officer CECB, SK Diwan informed that hospitals and clinics are required to take registration from CECB. Those who had not obtained the registration must do it at the earliest, he said.
According to the officials, bio-medical waste is very dangerous and it should be handled properly. Paramedical staffs must be administrated tetanus and hepatitis-B vaccines once in a year along with health check-up.
District administration officials asked the hospital/nursing home/clinic operators to provide personal protection kits to the sanitation workers. It was also directed to train paramedical staff for effective disposing of bio-medical wastes.
Clinic, nursing homes located more than 75 km from Raipur will have to compulsorily get deep pit and shark pit constructed. They will also have to keep the record of weight of bio-medical waste generated every day. This report will be submitted to CECB by June 30 every year, officials said during the meeting.