Click to play videoNew Delhi: On World AIDS Day, CNN-IBN exposes how Delhi's top tuberculosis hospital is putting the lives of hundreds of people at risk with contaminated blood and syringes making their way into the garbage bin.
The leading Delhi hospital, Patel Chest Institute, dumps medical waste like syringes in an a municipal garbage bin, which is a clear violation of bio waste rules.
However, the hospital claims that the waste does not belong to them.
Every day, hospital workers carry waste out from the hospital and simply drop it at the garbage dump.
The shocking practice, being repeated every few hours right through the day, was filmed by CNN-IBN.
It was also found that rag pickers repeatedly handled the waste, which could be contaminated with HIV or other contagious diseases, with their bare hands.
The waste included contaminated needles and cotton smeared with infected blood. The dangerous waste should have been disposed off responsibly in an incinerator, but the hospital threw it in the bin in violation of the law.
When the hospital staff was confronted, they claimed they were dumping stale food. But when the bags were opened, there was no food. Instead, there were used syringes and blood soaked bandages.
The Bio-Medical Waste Rules, written 12 years ago, put the onus on the hospital to ensure that such waste is handled without impacting human health or the environment.
A hospital that claims to be saving lives, is in fact putting hundreds of lives in jeopardy, through the careless act.
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