Dirty infusion bags and urine bags flowing out of different hospitals in many places, mixed with medical gloves, cotton swabs and even syringes and needles, are processed into recycled plastic raw materials from Hunan to Hebei and other places...

Hunan Provincial High Court recently reported a typical case: the court of first instance found that there are more than 140 tons of medical waste and medical waste in Hunan Miluo City Gupei town a hidden farm small hospital, after being crushed by criminals Qiu Mou and others, sold to its "line" in Langfang and other places in Hebei province. The case a total of 12 people from Hunan, Hubei, Hebei, Jiangsu and other places were sentenced for "environmental pollution crimes".

Dangerous medical waste is processed after the outflow can not be identified

In Hunan province Miluo City Gupei town Yangliu village villagers Qiu home after the hospital, piled up with a smell of medical waste, from some hospitals out of the infusion bag seepage of liquid at will flow on the ground, Some infusion bags have not had time to pull out the needle, the needle, the needle is still left with dried blood...

"Black workshop" someone confessed that they bought medical waste from the waste market, after the initial manual sorting, cleaning, crushing and other processes and then sold to the line for profit, these things are mainly used to make raw materials for plastic products. The workshop processing medical waste and waste, basically without disinfection treatment. In order to make more money, these workshops break up infectious medical waste, such as disposable syringes, and sell them as plastic waste, investigators said.

Law enforcement officials interviewed said that after the dangerous plastic medical waste and garbage from Hubei and Hunan provinces flowed into Hebei, it was processed into granular "blue propylene" -- blue PP recycled material. At this point, it is difficult for law enforcement officials to track down the final destination of these substances. They may become raw materials for plastic pipes, and may also become "high-permeability materials" widely used in culture, entertainment, food, medical care, materials, and living room decoration.

Some public hospitals tacitly resold medical waste

Wang Yun, director of the Miluo City Public Security Bureau political work room, introduced that the illegal disposal of medical waste and garbage case involves a wide range. After half a year, the police went to Chenzhou, Hunan, Yichang, Hubei, Foshan, Guangdong, Langfang, Hebei, Suqian, Jiangsu and other places, will be more than a dozen suspects arrested, but many others are on the run.

The stolen goods seized at several sites showed that many infusion bags, blood bags and medicine bottles came from hospitals in Xiangtan, Zhuzhou, Hengyang, Chenzhou, Yuan 'an County and Xiangyang City in Hunan Province, and most of them were public medical institutions, and many of them were Grade III and Class A hospitals. Many public hospital property management companies and cleaning companies were involved in the case.

Reporter's investigation found that some public hospitals even "acquiesce" in hospital nurses and property personnel to sell medical waste, which has become an "unspoken rule". An informed source of a second-class A hospital in Hunan Province revealed that the medical waste of public hospitals is classified and stored by the property company, and the professional company is contacted for disposal. However, whether the property company will give all the medical waste to the professional company for disposal depends on the "conscience of the boss". The person in charge of some property companies' management of nurses and cleaners often becomes the "key person" co-opted by medical waste recyclers.

A police source said that the case involves a wide range of complicated cases, especially involving medical institutions in many provinces, enterprises and social idle personnel, the investigation is very difficult. I believe that as the investigation continues to deepen, there will be a lot of problems gradually surfaced.

Medical waste disposal loopholes urgently need to be filled

Experts believe that law enforcement departments must investigate clearly the interest chain involved in medical waste scalping, investigate responsibilities, find out loopholes and troubleshoot hidden dangers. In particular, it is necessary to check from the source to ensure that medical waste and medical waste do not flow out into the market in violation of regulations.

In addition, when investigating cases, the public security department found that the "industrial chain" of medical waste has a wide range of upstream and downstream, often involving different regions and even multiple provinces, some places do not pay attention to the problem of medical waste, and the case is difficult to be investigated smoothly because of the protection and connivance of local enterprises. The whole society, especially government departments, should be strengthened to pay attention to the problem of medical waste, so that it has no place to live.

Finally, the classification and disposal methods of recyclable medical waste should be further standardized. Many interviewed experts believe that because the illegal outflow of medical waste is a huge threat to the environment and the health of ordinary consumers, it is recommended to strictly control its recycling and improve the classification standards of recyclable medical waste.

At the same time, it is recommended to further strictly manage the medical waste recycling process, screen the main body of its recycling and reproduction, implement franchising, and standardize its sorting, cleaning, utilization and other whole process.

(Source of this article: "Outlook" News weekly)

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