Medical
waste is infectious, hazardous and it causes deaths as well as poses
serious threats to the environment. So, medical waste needs to be
treated properly before its final disposal. But, due to the absence of a
proper healthcare system in Bangladesh, numerous hospitals, clinics and
diagnostic centers have sprung up elsewhere in from Dhaka city and
produce a huge amount of waste daily. Medical waste from those
hospitals, clinics and diagnostic centers is dumped elsewhere without
proper treatment, thanks to mismanagement and lack of discipline,
causing a serious threat to the health and environment. There is no
supervision and guidance for proper treatment of the waste, there have
not enough data or research work on the very critical issue in
Bangladesh. The authorities concerned are yet to take any measures in
this regard despite such an alarming situation. Moreover, the existing
environmental laws of Bangladesh are not enough to address the issue of
not having specific provisions in the laws. Besides implementation of
those legal frameworks is largely absent in the country. This paper will
analyze the related policies and find out the gaps and will come up
with some recommendations to bring an end to the mismanagement of
medical waste generation through policy and law.