Amplification of Environmental Appraisal Coordination at General Hospital Lahore and its Implications to Evaluate Management Review

Abstract

Quality standards have been a significant achievement for organizations worldwide. Environmental standards should be established in hospitals by coding ISO14001. Hospital water pollution can cause healthissues in nearby urban areas and settlements.The studywas aimed to estimate, characterize, use, and response to water quality parameters on amplification of environmental coordination at General Hospital Lahore (GHL), and their implications for evaluation in management reviewing. For these purposes, the drinking water samples were collected fromdifferent locations inthe study area. All these samples were analyzed fordifferent water quality parametersnamely, pH, TDS, turbidity, and chloride,and compared with nationalenvironmental quality standards (NEQS). All the resultsand management processeswere also compared with ISO 14001:2015,which indicatedthe weakness in the general administration frameworkand Environmental Management System (EMS).The results show that pH 8.6, TDS 1100 mg/l, turbidity 5.5 NTU, and chloride 260 mg/l were exceeding the maximum permissible limits. The present study recommended that GHL water should be treated before its use/ disposal. In the end, an EMS (a policy with protocol) manual was developed forcontinual improvement of water use. Drinking water quality assessment and EMSframework offer assistance to oversee the water quality and environmentin health centers. Drinking water quality management under the guidelines of the environment management system manual developed in this study will greatly help to manage the environment, particularly water pollution in local hospitals of Pakistan.

Keywords

• environmental management system
• national environmental quality standards
• general hospital