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The City Diary

Govt pulls up clinics over waste disposal

The state government is getting tough with hospitals and nursing homes that are not yet treating their medical waste scientifically. Environment minister Manab Mukherjee on Thursday said according to the Biomedical Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, such hospitals or nursing homes can even be closed down. The government has already asked the Calcutta Municipal Corporation to stop collecting medical waste in the city from April 1. “At least 22 hospitals and 103 nursing homes in the city and under the Howrah Municipal Corporation area are yet to comply with the order,” he said. “A common facility centre has been set up in Howrah for the waste to be treated. However, if any hospital can treat its own waste, the government does not have a problem,” the minister added. Medicare Incin Pvt Ltd, a private company, has set up a unit at Belgachhia, where medical waste from hospitals and nursing homes is being collected. Waste from 19,731 beds is presently being treated. There is provision for treatment of waste from 30,000 beds in the common treatment facility, which amounts to roughly 6.8 tonnes a day, Mukherjee said. The charge for disposing of medical waste per day per bed is Rs 2.70 for private hospitals, and Rs 2.45 for state hospitals.

Nursing home ransacked

A nursing home in central Calcutta was ransacked and one of its female employees heckled following the death of a patient due to alleged negligence by doctors. Police said K.K. Sarda, 65, a resident of Golf Green in south Calcutta, was admitted to the nursing home with throat cancer on April 13. He was operated on in April but due to internal bleeding, he expired on Thursday.

Motorcyclist hurt

A motorcyclist was injured in Salt Lake on Thursday. Police said a private car hit the motorcycle on the Bypass at Sukantanagar in the Bidhannagar (south) police station area at around 10 am. Satadru Ghosh, 23, the motorcyclist, was injured and admitted to a local private hospital. The car was impounded and the driver arrested, police said.

Boy run over

A 14-year-old boy died on the spot and three others were injured after a private bus hit them at the crossing of Kidderpore Road and Lovers’ Lane in the Maidan police station area on Thursday morning. The youths were returning home after playing football on the Maidan. Asgar Ansari was declared dead on arrival at SSKM Hospital while the three others were treated. The driver fled with the bus, police said.

Heat stroke

A 60-year-old man, Baleswar Das, was found in an unconscious state on Thursday evening on Maniktala Main Road. Police said Das was taken to Nilratan Sircar Hospital where he was pronounced dead. It is suspected that he died of the heat that the city has been experiencing over the past few days.

Office return

The offices of the additional superintendent of police, industrial and rural, of South 24-Parganas started functioning at Alipore from Thursday. The offices had been shifted to Behala and Baruipur respectively in April, 2003. District superintendent of police Deb Kumar Ganguly said the offices were brought back for the convenience of the administration as well as of the people.

Bata visit

Thomas G. Bata, managing director of Bata India Limited, met chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee behind closed doors at Writers’ Buildings on Thursday. However, he was tight-lipped about the purpose of his meeting with Bhattacharjee.

Court attendance

State home secretary Amit Kiran Deb on Thursday attended the special court hearing the case relating to the American Center attack. The hearing is being conducted on the Presidency jail premises. Charges of war against the nation have been brought against the accused and Deb’s presence was required, as, according to judiciary sources, a government official has to attend the court in such a case.

Thumbs Up

TO Lake Gardens Anandam for providing financial assistance of Rs 2,500 per head to underprivileged children to undergo medical treatment