Bihar Govrt.set up Common Biomedical Waste Treatment Facility (CBWTF) in Bihar

   Biomedical Waste Treatment and Disposal System Plant

PATNA Bihar government has set up the Common Biomedical Waste Treatment Facility (CBWTF) in three districts of Bihar, including Patna, and another unit will be set up in Gaya district for biomedical waste management, the Health Minister Ashwini Chaube said on Wednesday.
Replying to a starred question by the BJP MLC Kiran Ghai in the legislative council, he said the CBWTF units have been set up in Patna, Bhagalpur and Muzaffarpur districts, while another unit will come up soon in Gaya for biomedical waste management, he said.

Chaube said some hospitals have been provided with incinerators to dispose of such waste materials, besides installation of the CBWTF units. The health minister said it has been decided to destroy biomedical wastes by incinerators or CBWTF in six government hospitals even as the details were being gathered from the Bihar State Pollution Control Board (BSPCB) about the number of private nursing homes which have sought permission for installation of incinerators.
Besides, a contract has been signed with three agencies for disposal of biomedical wastes of the government health facilities ranging from the Primary Health Centres (PHCs) to the sadar hospitals in the districts, he said, adding that private hospitals and nursing homes too could employ the services of these agencies.