nainital the issue of disposal of biomedical waste in haldwani by private hospitals and clinics took a serious turn on thursday after an audio clip went viral in which nainital district cmo was allegedly heard threatening another officer of the health department for penalizing the private hospitals for disposing medical waste in the open the cmo also passed derogatory comments at state health secretary pankaj pandey and claimed that the officer ldquowonrsquot be spared if he fails to mend his waysrdquo responding to the controversy hk joshi cmo of nainital district said ldquothe matter is being blown out of proportion the officer had been transferred four months ago and his relieving orders came now this has nothing to do with penalties on hospitalsrdquo haldwani health officer tuhin kumar who was allegedly threatened said ldquoi am doing my duty without any bias and i will keep doing sordquo the action by the department officials in haldwani have left the private hospitals and clinics in panic as these institutions failed to follow rules regarding disposal of medical waste generated