Updated: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 01:50 (IST) Medical waste is being thrown openly in the Sadar Hospital of Muzaffarpur, due to which the risk of infection has increased. Needles and bandages next to NRC in the hospital premises…read more Medical wastage of Sadar Hospital is increasing instead of reducing the problem. Photo Jagran Jagran Correspondent, Muzaffarpur. Medical waste is being thrown indiscriminately next to the Nutritional Rehabilitation Center of Sadar Hospital. This affects the health of the patients and their family members who come here. The prescribed protocol for the storage and disposal of medical waste and other waste is also not followed in the hospital. It hopes to close the Nutrition Rehabilitation Center. Remove Advertisement Only Read News Here the materials like needles, bandages etc used in the vaccination department are thrown away. According to rules, it must be put in separate boxes and disposed of in a special way at the waste disposal center on Bela. The government and all private hospitals must enter into contracts for the collection of medical waste. The irony is that the same department that runs nursing homes accumulates medical waste in its premises. From the administrative officer to the doctors and staff of the Sadar hospital are aware of this, but no one is paying attention. According to the guidelines of the World Health Organization, throwing medical waste here and there poses a risk of very serious diseases. As a result, there is a possibility of spreading bacterial diarrhea, pneumonia and other serious diseases. According to the instructions of the National Green Tribunal, medical waste may not be thrown or burned in the open, but medical waste lies in the open. A 10-bed nutritional rehabilitation center is known to operate in the hospital premises. Six GNMs are also deployed here. To attract children, pictures of mango, tamarind, cane, owl, spectacles etc. affixed to the walls. If malnourished children are found in any hospital, they are brought here, but because of the foul smell of medical waste, no one considers it safe to stay there. Employees are often missing from the office. Only two children are admitted here. It is wrong to throw medical waste here and there. Many types of diseases can also spread because of this. Instructions were given not to throw medical waste in the hospital premises. The hospital manager was told to get the job done according to rules to keep the premises clean and infection free. The work to build a storage room under Medical Waste Management has started. – Dr. BS Jha, Superintendent, Sadar Hospital