Ludhiana : Responding to a wake up call given by the Central Pollution Control Board for the strict implementation of the bio-medical waste (management and handling) rules in the state, the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) has scheduled special camps to grant and renew authorisation to private hospitals and nursing homes. The PPCB, in its advertisement dated December 17 in a section of the media, had categorically mentioned that some of the hospitals/ healthcare facilities were operating without a valid authorisation as required under the rules, which is punishable under the provisions of the Environment Protection Act, 1986. It further reads that the PPCB in order to give the last chance to the erring hospitals/healthcare facilities was organising special camps for an on-the-spot processing and grant of authorisation applications. The special camps for authorisation will be held on December 23 at Patiala, Ludhiana, Khanna, Jalandhar, Amritsar, Bathinda, Sangrur, Faridkot, Hoshairpur, Mandi Gobindgarh, and Mohali. The regional offices of the PPCB will grant new authorisation to private hospitals and renew the expired authorisations under bio-medical waste (management and handling) rules. The hospitals have also been asked to come with all documents, including a valid agreement with the common bio-medical waste treatment facility; self-declaration of bed capacity; a demand draft according to the prescribed fee as per the bed capacity, partnership/proprietor certificate/list of directors and annual report containing the details of the generation of bio- medical waste. Interestingly, the PPCB was oblivious to the violations of the BMW rules for years, as no action had been initiated against the government or private healthcare facilities. The rules were implemented in 1998.
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