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Posted On: 02 FEB 2021 4:26PM by PIB Delhi

Guidelines issued by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) “Handling, Treatment & Disposal of Bio-medical Waste Generated during Treatment/Diagnosis/Quarantine of COVID-19 Patients”, are being followed by all Central Govt. Hospitals. During COVID-19, Central Government Hospitals have been advised to manage and dispose the bio-medical waste as per as Bio-medical Waste Management Rules-2016.

All the Central Govt. Hospitals located in States/Union Territories are equipped with Bio-medical Waste facility.

The details of bio-medical waste generated by some major Central Government Hospitals under Ministry of Health and Family Welfare are as below:

Annexure

Sl no. Name of Hospitals Bio Medical waste generated during COVID-19 Category wise (in Kg)
Yellow Red Blue White
1. All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS, New Delhi 432553 538968 215891 3004
2. Lady Harding Medical College & Associate Hospital, New Delhi 87860 105759 17090 12508
3. Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi 497104 363323 43354 3498
4. Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi 94554 122374 25538 3489
5 National Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

(NITRD), New Delhi

4391.63 13513.14 3539.7 295.65
6. Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry 60956.9 27329.5 3030.1 365.55
7. National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences

(NIMHANS), Bengaluru

19883 20080 1434 1727
8. North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health & Medical Sciences

(NEIGRIHMS), Shillong, Meghalaya

15663.19 9467.65 506.6 121
9.

Post Graduate Instituteof Medical Education & Research

(PGIMER), Chandigarh

686889 292401 74251 1038
10. Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi Regional Institute of Mental Health

(LGBRIMH), Tezpur, Assam

472.14 704.815 108.668 8.495
11. Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute (VPCI) Delhi 5382.89 6653.36 1197.94 106.45
12. All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bathinda, Punjab 788.65 179.69 0 0
13. All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Rishikesh 113561 52311.6 1651 265.8

The Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Sh. Ashwini Kumar Choubey stated this in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha here today.

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