An approach for analysis of the effects of COVID-19 on ranking of hospitals based on waste management practices

A hospital is a health care organization that provides services to treat the patient with specialized medical personnel, nursing staff with medicine, equipment and offers lifestyles-saving services to human beings. The hospital waste generated during the epidemic diseases like novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has led to an extra burden on the hospitals to control illness and significantly accelerated the biomedical waste generation rate. The abrupt spread of the COVID-19 virus has resulted in a significant increase in bio-medical waste, which has worsened the problem of medical waste management in India. In this study, the RIAM technique and sustainability model analysis the severity of COVID-19 on hospitals and compares the waste management practices of various hospitals before and during COVID-19. In addition, for comparing purposes, the environmental performance index is used in conjunction with RIAM scores. The Hospital "G" chosen as the most viable sustainability option during COVID-19, while Hospital "E" chosen as the most sustainable hospital in times prior to the COVID-19. The K Hospital is ranked worst of the hospitals surveyed in both before and during COVID-19. Only a few hospitals follow the biomedical waste management rules and COVID-19 guidelines for safe BMW management and the hospitals exert an extra load of waste due to epidemic conditions.