In recent days, the social network account "Song Dep 24H" has reposted the incident related to medical waste at Bach Mai Hospital since 2016. This is a case that has been strictly handled and closed for 10 years. Bach Mai Hospital said that this behavior harmed the reputation of the health sector and affected national security, and issued an official announcement to clarify.
Associate Professor, Dr. Dao Xuan Co - Director of Bach Mai Hospital - said that in 2016, the hospital discovered and handled individuals violating regulations on medical waste management. Violators were severely disciplined and forced to quit their jobs. After the incident, the hospital tightened management with many measures such as strengthening supervision, investing in modern equipment, reviewing contracts with waste treatment partners. According to him, there is no basis to continue to re-examine old information.
Over the past 10 years, the hospital has invested in an advanced waste treatment system and regularly inspected its quality by authorities. The waste management process strictly complies with the Law on Environmental Protection and regulations of the Ministry of Health.
The hospital has fully updated the medical waste management process according to Circular 20/2021/TT-BYT, established a medical waste management team with clear assignment of responsibilities; issued the ISO Process on medical solid waste management; operate a wastewater treatment system with a capacity of 2,700m3/day, which can be expanded to 3,400m3/day.
In addition, the hospital has signed contracts with units with the capacity to collect, transport and treat hazardous and common medical waste, ensuring compliance with regulations. The classification, collection and storage of waste is checked periodically every month.
Assoc.Prof.Dr. Dao Xuan Co also said that the hospital reported to the City Police. Hanoi to investigate the account "beautiful 24h live" about the act of spreading fake information and infringing on the reputation of the hospital. At the same time, the hospital requires Meta (Facebook) to remove the violation content and provide the information of the poster.
Currently, Bach Mai Hospital processes 8-9 tons of medical waste per day, of which 6-7 tons are non-harmful waste and about 1.5-1.7 tons are remaining hazardous waste.
Dr. Truong Anh Thu - Head of the Department of Infection Control - said: "All waste is collected and treated according to the correct process. Radioactive waste is managed at the Center for Nuclear Medicine and is strictly controlled from equipment to operation.
The hospital currently receives about 800 cases of CT scans per day, all of which comply with medical safety procedures.
In response to some information shared on social networks about the hospital environment, Mr. Le Hoang - Deputy Director of the Department of Health Environment Management (Ministry of Health) - affirmed: "The images spread are inaccurate. Through on-site inspection, we have not detected any violations. Bach Mai Hospital fully complies with the principles of environmental sanitation and hospital safety".
In 2016, Lao Dong Newspaper published a series of articles on: Toxic medical waste leaked from hospitals to the market. Bach Mai Hospital was once involved in a scandal related to medical waste management. The incident arose from information reflecting that the hospital did not handle the procedures properly, mixing hazardous medical waste with household waste, causing the risk of environmental pollution and affecting public health.
After that, the authorities began investigating. The results show that the hospital has some shortcomings in waste classification and storage. However, no serious violations of hazardous waste treatment have been detected.
Bach Mai Hospital has since rectify and strengthened the classification, collection and signing with competent units to treat medical waste in accordance with the provisions of law.
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