This is in contrast to the fact that 80% of the health personnel were aware of the hospital waste and its management and 66.67% of these considered the segregation and safe disposal of waste a proper issue.The problem lies with compliance of health care guidelines. This may be due to additional financial and work burden these procedures pose to the health care enterprises. A study in India also shows that 98% of the health care institutes with proper permits do not possess proper waste treatment schemes