Jagran correspondent, Agra. Used syringes, injection bottles and dressing materials remain scattered in hospitals and pathology labs, this is also causing resistance in bacteria. At the same time, there is a risk of the infection spreading from the used syringes of patients who have resistant bacteria.

At the same time, deadly bacteria are also reaching the body through contaminated water, due to which E. coli, which causes stomach infection, is also becoming resistant and antibiotics are becoming ineffective.

Needles and dressings are also causing bacteria resistance in biomedical waste.

There are 530 private hospitals in the district. Along with this, there are SN Medical College, District Hospital, Lady Lyall District Women’s Hospital as well as 18 community health centers in the rural areas. Biomedical waste is generated from these hospitals every day, the waste should be put in three types of dustbins but is put in only one dustbin. Employees working in hospitals remove plastic and glass from biomedical waste and sell it.

Stomach infections including typhoid and hepatitis spreading due to contaminated water

Due to this, the most deadly infections like methicillin resistance Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter are spreading, only a few antibiotics work against these bacteria. 10 to 15 types of antibiotics are resistant against these bacteria. At the same time, the pipeline and sewer line are laid together, due to leakage in them, the sewer is going into the water line.

Sewer contains bacteria that cause typhoid and viruses that cause hepatitis. Typhoid and hepatitis infections are spreading due to consumption of this contaminated water. Due to this, the number of patients infected with typhoid and hepatitis has been continuously increasing in the last few years.

HAERisk of spreading V and hepatitis infection

Due to biomedical waste not being disposed of properly and being sold in the market, there is a risk of infection with HIV as well as Hepatitis B and C. Many other types of bacterial and viral infections are also spreading due to waste. But biomedical waste is not being disposed of properly in hospitals.

Contract signed with company for biomedical waste

• Hospital and Lab – 1043
• Clinic – 328
• Biomedical waste coming out of hospitals, labs and clinics every day – 1200 to 1300 kg.

There are many types of resistant bacteria in sewer, due to leakage in the water pipeline, sewer water also gets mixed with it. This is very dangerous. Along with stomach infection, hepatitis A and E, typhoid infection is also spreading through contaminated water. The number of patients suffering from these infections is continuously increasing. Dr. Vikas Gupta, Department of Microbiology, SN Medical College

If hospital waste is not disposed of properly, there is a risk of infection by resistant bacteria. Biomedical waste is the reason for the spread of many types of bacterial infections including methicillin resistance Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae. Dr. Parul Garg, Department of Microbiology, SN Medical College

Employees sell plastic and glass from biomedical waste in the market; the waste received from government hospitals contains very little quantity of plastic and glass. Letters have also been written many times for this. Waste is collected from all hospitals, clinics and labs. Waste separation in hospitals is not being done as per standards. Jitendra Sharma, CEO JRR Waste Management Pvt. Ltd.