HYDERABAD: Telangana and Andhra Pradesh have been able to effectively treat and dispose their 100 per cent of medical waste in the last one year, amid increasing COVID-19 infection in the country. An annual report by the Centre for Science and Environment has shown the above analysis
According to the State of India’s Environment, 2021, biomedical waste is made up of stocks of infectious agents, human blood, blood products, contaminated sharps, amputated body parts and isolation waste. Reports tell that Telangana has 5,552 authorised healthcare centres and 649 unauthorised centres which generate 20,742 kilograms (kg) of medical waste together per day. 4000 kg of the total is contributed due to COVID-19 generated waste. On the other hand, in Andhra Pradesh, there are 7,092 authorised and 485 unauthorised health care facilities which generate 15,051 kg of waste of per day which 13,110 kg is COVID-19 related waste.
While these both states effectively dispose of their 100 per cent of the bio-medical waste, other states such as Bihar, Karnataka and Rajasthan have just managed to dispose of less than 50 per cent pf their bio-medical waste.