Abstract
Health Care Facilities (HCFs) are the places for generation of Bio Medical Waste (BMW) all over the globe. From 1970s to till date the usage of disposable stuff in health care environment is gradually increasing. Therefore increase of Bio hazardous medical waste is being exponentially increased. This prompted to aim on the study of BMW scenario in the state of Andhra Pradesh. A comprehensive study was carried out to see the number of private and Government HCFs and their BMW generation. Based on the results there were 3,834 Private HCFs with 72,745 bed strength in Andhra Pradesh. Similarly 392 Government HCFs are accommodating 61,200 beds. As a result 14,733.95 kgs of BMW is being generated per day. The estimated BMW generation would be very high than this figures. Recently there is an exponential growth in HCFs all over the country. If the BMW generation continues in same rate there is an urgent need for proper disposal of this hazardous waste otherwise this would be a big threat to living ecosystems.
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