Post by account_disabled on Mar 13, 2024 22:39:34 GMT -5
Without seeing the light at the end of the tunnel of this pandemic, in the Community of Madrid, almost all large hospitals are already accumulating very dangerous quantities of Covid19 waste. A few days ago, we published in Nuevatribuna the accumulation of " biological bombs ", which was denounced by the Madrid federation of the Workers' Commissions union, which included the Móstoles Hospital , the La Princesa University Hospital and the Getafe Hospital . Well, adding to this reckless list is the Gregorio Marañón University Hospital , for which the union has filed a complaint this Friday.
\With the Labor Inspection for the accumulation of dangerous waste in places not provided for this purpose. Waste is especially dangerous for the health of workers and the environment. Its storage does not comply with regulations RD 83/1999 of June 3, on Sanitary Waste of the Community of Madrid, and Law 5/2003 on Waste of the Community of AOL Email List Madrid, since it has been proven that the stored waste exceeds the maximum stay time of 72 hours. On the other hand, at the 12 de Octubre Hospital , as we can see, more than containers of Covid19 and other biological waste accumulate, with serious risk to public health. The complaint relates that on the union's Prevention delegates recorded a letter addressed to the Directorate-Management, Occupational Risk Prevention Service, Preventive Medicine and to the Presidency of the Safety and Health Committee requesting information about the accumulation of Special Biosanitary Waste (RBE) in the internal courtyard of the Gregorio Marañón Hospital. Until now, no response has been obtained.
The centers are obliged to remove this waste within The document specifies that this waste generated and accumulated is from different groups considered Special Biosanitary and Cytostatic Waste, not having a deposit place for this waste, being deposited in areas of the internal courtyard of the hospital, where workers pass through during the exercise of their duties. functions. Furthermore, they point out that this accumulation of special waste is not only found in the internal courtyard of the hospital, but also in the waste room of the Maternal and Child Hospital building that lacks ventilation, and in the Provincial Institute of Rehabilitation (IPR) center, belonging to the management body of the Gregorio Marañón General University Hospital. For all these reasons, they ask the Labor Inspection to take the necessary measures to assume the responsibilities regarding occupational health established by current regulations.
\With the Labor Inspection for the accumulation of dangerous waste in places not provided for this purpose. Waste is especially dangerous for the health of workers and the environment. Its storage does not comply with regulations RD 83/1999 of June 3, on Sanitary Waste of the Community of Madrid, and Law 5/2003 on Waste of the Community of AOL Email List Madrid, since it has been proven that the stored waste exceeds the maximum stay time of 72 hours. On the other hand, at the 12 de Octubre Hospital , as we can see, more than containers of Covid19 and other biological waste accumulate, with serious risk to public health. The complaint relates that on the union's Prevention delegates recorded a letter addressed to the Directorate-Management, Occupational Risk Prevention Service, Preventive Medicine and to the Presidency of the Safety and Health Committee requesting information about the accumulation of Special Biosanitary Waste (RBE) in the internal courtyard of the Gregorio Marañón Hospital. Until now, no response has been obtained.
The centers are obliged to remove this waste within The document specifies that this waste generated and accumulated is from different groups considered Special Biosanitary and Cytostatic Waste, not having a deposit place for this waste, being deposited in areas of the internal courtyard of the hospital, where workers pass through during the exercise of their duties. functions. Furthermore, they point out that this accumulation of special waste is not only found in the internal courtyard of the hospital, but also in the waste room of the Maternal and Child Hospital building that lacks ventilation, and in the Provincial Institute of Rehabilitation (IPR) center, belonging to the management body of the Gregorio Marañón General University Hospital. For all these reasons, they ask the Labor Inspection to take the necessary measures to assume the responsibilities regarding occupational health established by current regulations.