Nagpur: The Association of Vidarbha Hospital (VHA) has approached the Nagpur bench from the Bombay High Court only in certain biomedical waste quantities taken from hospitals by the appointed agent.
VHA Counsel Tushar Mandlekar and Rohan Malviya pointed to court that according to the rules for managing biomedical waste, 2016, the agency was mandated to lift all biomedical waste within 48 hours.
Mandlekar begged that over the past two months, the extraordinary hygienic disposal (SHD) has not collected all biomedical waste from the hospital, which resulted in stacking hazardous materials outside the maximum limit permitted 48 hours.
VHA stated that all hospitals were bound to pay according to the norm and they obeyed the 2004 tripartite agreement.
Tripartite Mou on September 10, 2004, was signed between Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC), the Indian Medical Association (IMA Nagpur) and SHD valid for 30 years.
The association shows that the MoU states that the level will be revised by 10% every year, which has been paid by the hospital regularly until now.
VHA said that as per Klausa 14 central pollution control guidelines (CPCB) guidelines 2016, only state advisory committees have the power to decide and revise the tariff.
The applicant said that the direction of NMC, which sets 300GM per patient per day as a limit, needs to be seen and shows that the wet adult diapers themselves weigh around 1.5kg.
What is called the excess waste both within the specified limit is determined in the authorization issued by the Maharashtra pollution control agency (MPCB) to their respective hospitals, VHA added.
The association has said that the service provider that has total monopoly operates and cannot stop or slow down, in line with the rules for managing biomedical waste in 2016, thus placing greater public interest in harm.
The bench, led by Justice Sunil Shukre and Justice Anil Pansare issued a notification to all respondents – the central pollution control board, MPCB, NMC and SHD.
Ketki Joshi, the government applicant, ignored notice for the country, while Ravi Sanyal and the invisible jemini is debated for MPCB and NMC.