Karpagam, Sylvia and Dsouza, Jerald

Occupational hazards in healthcare settings - A study of invisibilised frontline workers in Bengaluru - Economic & Political Weekly - 56(17), Apr 24, 2021: p.60-65

This paper highlights the working conditions in two work chains in the public healthcare system: municipal solid-waste management and handling of hospital waste and dead bodies. While COVID-19 has exposed the hazards that workers in these sectors are exposed to, it also lays bare the historical and social hierarchies, the exploitative working conditions and intrinsic discrimination within the public healthcare system. – Reproduced


Occupational hazards, Healthcare settings,Frontline workers, Bengaluru