This is how India is disposing of its lakhs & lakhs of Covid vaccine syringes
Each syringe is as light as a one-rupee coin, so experts say the management of waste from the vaccination drive is not difficult to tackle.
Himani Chandna 10 April, 2021 10:06 am IST
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New Delhi: First there were the PPE kits, with masks, gowns, face shields, gloves, etc, being used by healthcare and frontline workers, and diagnostic equipment for conducting Covid-19 tests. Now, there are syringes lakhs and lakhs of them for India’s Covid vaccination drive, which is the world’s largest.
Since it took hold last year, the Covid pandemic has resulted in the generation of tonnes of biomedical waste.
Updated Feb 21, 2021 | 11:54 IST
Two incinerators, each having a capacity to process 300 kg/hour, are being out up at the Sangamwadi facility. In vaccination list of frontline staff in Pune, Covid waste managers go missing | Photo Credit: AP
Pune: A group of 60 frontline staff who are performing a major responsibility in the fight against Covid in the district are feeling ignored.
These are workers at the Common Bio-Medical Waste Treatment Facilities. There are two biomedical garbage processing plants in the district, one for the city located at Sangawadi and another for Pimpri-Chinchwad at Yashwantrao Chavan Municipal Hospital, which have the responsibility of collecting biomedical waste from 5,500 healthcare facilities and then incinerating or recycling it.