Mercury Waste Management in the Health Care Establishments in Delhi

  In the past letters were issued to

1. Pr. Secy. (Health), GNCT of Delhi


2. Addl. Commissioner (Health), MCD


3. Jt. Secy, Min. of Health, Government of India for issuance of suitable directions to the Directors/Medical Superintendents of Delhi Government Hospitals for curtailing the use of Mercury based thermometers/ B.P. Apparatus to reduce the mercury pollution.

A Public Notice was issued on 02.05.08 for providing Template for the commitment to minimize mercury waste by Hospitals. Please click here to see the Public Notice.

Letters followed by Reminder have been issued to the Hospitals having 50 beds or more to phase out Mercury Based Equipments (Thermometers & B.P.Apparatus) and 70 hospitals have informed regarding phasing out of Mercury based equipments in their Hospitals.

Health Care Establishments in Delhi may contact the following two agencies for the disposal of the Mercury Waste (generated from broken/discarded Mercury based Thermometers/B.P. Apparatus etc) stored in the Hospitals / Health Care Establishment :

1. Shri Rohit Talwar ,
   M/s Supreme Surgico , 262 / 425 , Lane No. 8, Friends Colony Industrial Area, Shadara, Delhi. (Mobile No. 9958527527)
   
2. Shri Sandeep Kalra,
   M/s Anita Industries, 29, Bhagat Singh Market, New Delhi. (Mobile No. 9810240250)

Health Care Establishments are also required to inform this office regarding the quantity of Mercury Waste (broken/discarded Mercury based Thermometers/B.P. Apparatus etc) given to the above mentioned industries / agencies.

These agencies are engaged in manufacture of Thermometers / B.P. measuring Apparatus etc. and the collected mercury from hospitals which is almost in elemental form is used in their manufacturing process.

About 150 Kgs. of mercury has been collected by these two agencies from the hospitals in Delhi.