| File Note: |
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The industry was visited by team of officers of the Board comprising of <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Er. Bachanpal Singh AEE & Er. Jatinder Soni, AEE on 22.11.2022 (copy attached) and reported that:- </span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span></strong><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The hospital is of 102 bed capacity and has provided colour coded bins for segregation of bio medical waste <strong>but there were uncut gloves, plastic bottles, plastic syringes at various sections including final collection point.</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span></strong><!--[endif]--><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Also plastic waste was found in some yellow colour coded bins.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span></strong><!--[endif]--><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The final storage point is not proper and storm water drain is passing through this storage point and any spillage can contaminate the same.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span></strong><!--[endif]--><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The hospital could not produce the record regarding training provided to health workers and record maintained during visit.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span></strong><!--[endif]--><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The hospital could not produce the record regarding immunization provided to health workers during visit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The hospital has provided ETP consisting of tube settler, aeration tank 1 & 2, secondary settling tank, blowers for aeration, chlorination, sand filter, carbon filter, filter press etc. </span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span></strong><!--[endif]--><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The ETP was not in operation during visit but the same was put into operation after the visit (insistence of visiting officers). </span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span></strong><!--[endif]--><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The effluent from laundry section is not being taken into ETP and instead is discharged into drain meant for carrying treated effluent for outlet of ETP into M.C sewer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">9.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span></strong><!--[endif]--><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The hospital is discharging untreated effluent from laundry section and RO reject from dialysis section into final outlet of ETP.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">10.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The samples of effluent were collected from underground storage tank at final outlet of ETP and sent to Z.O Lab, Jalandhar for analysis. </span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">11.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span></strong><!--[endif]--><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The house keeping in and around ETP is very poor as there is cobwebs all around its components. The condition of ETP indicates that it is not being operated regularly.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">12.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span></strong><!--[endif]--><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The septic and stagnant condition of effluent was observed in primary setting tank, aeration tank 1 & 2.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">13.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span></strong><!--[endif]--><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The backwash pipeline is having outlet into drain carrying treated effluent of ETP. </span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">14.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span></strong><!--[endif]--><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">No hazardous waste i.e.ETP sludge & waste oil found stored during visit. </span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">15.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span></strong><!--[endif]--><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The hospital has not provided any storage room for storage of hazardous waste categories. </span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">16.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span></strong><!--[endif]--><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The hospital could not produce any record of ETP sludge / hazardous waste generation during visit.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In view of above, it is recommended that</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -18pt; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, 'sans-serif';">Consent under the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act 1974 may be refused to the hospital. </span></p> |
