PIMS administration lacks “Waste Disposal System”
Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The incompetent administration of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), which has more than 600 beds, unable to dispose off the infectious hospital waste which should be incinerated properly, but has dumped it in open space, along the road side near highly sensitive area of Burn center and Federal Government Junior Model School PIMS.
According to the details, PIMS administration depends on a private firm for collection and disposal of dangerous medical waste, which averages more than two thousand kilograms per day.
According to the sources, the incinerator plant at PIMS is not functioning and the above stated hospital outsource their waste but how and where it goes , as there is no appraisal system to keep check is in place. “Waste generation increases as the number of surgeries increase, however PIMS generate much more waste that what they claim” one of the working physician told The Daily Patriot.
According to the health experts, all persons exposed to hazardous hospital waste are potentially at risk which includes all those who either handle the waste at any stage or are exposed to it as consequences of careless management.
Studies in Pakistan shows that large hospital generates almost 2.0 kg of waste, per bed per day, of this, 0.5 kg can be categorized as bio-medical risk waste. According to the law; every hospital is responsible for the proper waste management until final disposal.
When the correspondent contacted PIMS administrations for the above mentioned complaint, Director Non Medical Affairs Zahid Laalik harassed the correspondent and refuse to give any statement while Assistant director Non Medical Saddaqat while talking to “The Daily Patriot” said that Capital development Administration (CDA) is solely responsible for waste disposal management service.