Sirsa, July 15, 2012: Rules regarding the management of bio-medical waste are being given the go-by by the authorities in Sirsa’s General Hospital. Used intravenous sets, syringes and other biomedical waste were found dumped in the open with normal waste in the hospital on Saturday.

Chandigarh, June 19, 2012: A district-level committee to monitor bio-medical waste management has been constituted in Sirsa district under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner. The members of the committee included all Sub Divisional Magistrates, Civil Surgeon, Regional Officer of Pollution Control Board, executive officers and secretaries of municipal bodies.

Panjim, June 8, 2012: The Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) has issued a show cause notice to the Dean and Medical Superintendent of the Goa Medical College and Hospital on June 6, for operating the health-care establishment in a manner that amounts to gross violation of the Biomedical Waste Rules and the Environment (Protection) Act.

Chennai, May 23, 2012: The State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has ordered the Director of Public Health and Preventive Medicine and the Director of Medical and Rural Health Services, Chennai, to enquire into and send a report about the alleged dumping of bio waste on the main road at Tiruvallur.

02 April 2012: Awareness about the environment has been growing in recent years. However, many products that is sold today contain toxins, and not much attention is paid to their safe disposal in India.

One third of the healthcare facilities in Uttarakhand are not registered. They are also running out of compliance with regard to biomedical waste management and handling rules, 1998. Responding to the need of streamlining efforts towards a better management of biomedical waste in the healthcare sector, Toxics Link, A Voluntary organization based in New Delhi, organized a "Regional Workshop on Initiatives Towards Making Health Care Toxics Free" at Hotel Pacific in Dehradun on 25 Nov 2009.

AIDS, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Immune suppression and even cancer. It's a scary thought to think that hospitals could spread these. Yes. That is the risk of hospital waste mis - management. We have all visited hospitals and nursing homes and been very careful about new syringes and making sure that old ones are trashed. But here's a question: Whatever happens to that trash? What do they do with the waste generated in hospitals?