CNMCH to introduce battery-driven vehicles to dispose waste products

Kolkata: In a unique initiative, the Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital (CNMCH) has decided to introduce battery driven vehicles to dispose waste products from various departments of the hospital.

This is probably the first state-run hospital in the state that has come up with this idea that officials believe will be able to main the cleanliness of the hospital. A senior official of the CNMCH said four battery driven vehicles will be procured in the first phase and while two more will be purchased later on.

The proposal has been sent to the state Health department at Swasthya Bhavan for its approval.

According to the official, the two vehicles will be stationed outside the medicine and gynecology wards of the hospital. These vehicles will collect the waste products from the departments and take them to a nearby compactor vat. The biomedical wastes generated from various departments of the hospital will not be carried by these vehicles.

The biomedical wastes are segregated from other products of various wards and later disposed of in a separate way.

Apart from the Biomedical wastes, the other produces that are dumped in the dustbins will be collected by the staff members and then they will carry them to the nearby vat in the battery driven vehicle. It was learnt that some employees of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) maintain the cleanliness of the hospital.

The official of the hospital said the detailed plans for procuring the battery operated vehicles has been sent to Swasthya Bhavan for its approval. Initially, two vehicles will be made operational. Once these vehicles are introduced, it would become easier for the staff members of the hospital to dispose off various waste products. These vehicles will collect wastes from the dustbins outside various departments. Presently, the waste products are kept in the dustbins at all the departments.

They are later dispatched to the hospital vat and taken to the compactor machine that remains stationed in a nearby area.