• Asmita Bhattacharjee
• Dr. Utpal Roy

The concern for our health starts on the very day we are born and sometimes even from the day we are at our mother’s womb. Here lies the importance of Hospitals. To ensure a good and quality treatment, it’s necessary to manage the waste generated from there also. Therefore, this research “An Appraisal on Bio-Medical Waste: Case Study of Three Prime Hospitals in Kolkata” depicting current scenario of the Hospitals aided by the government, the health workers involved in it and the awareness among the patients and their family. The principal goal of this report is to identify the sources of generation of the bio-medical waste, harmful impacts related to it and those who are at risk. The patient and their family are also playing important role in identifying the reality of this problems. In this report the perception of patients are also handled with due care because now a days the perception study has become an important technique to delineate the reality which often remain unexposed. Though, there are some physical and socio-economic constraints regarding this perception studies. The report has so much to do with the future research in this field of medical research and awareness among the masses.

Bio- medical waste, Bio- hazard, Colour Coded Bags, skilled personnel

"AN APPRAISAL ON BIO-MEDICAL WASTE: CASE STUDY OF THREE PRIME HOSPITALS IN KOLKATA, WEST BENGAL", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.517-523, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904D70.pdf

"AN APPRAISAL ON BIO-MEDICAL WASTE: CASE STUDY OF THREE PRIME HOSPITALS IN KOLKATA, WEST BENGAL", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp517-523, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904D70.pdf