Cow urine to be used as disinfectant in government-run Rajasthan hospital

One of the biggest government-run hospital in northern India, Jaipur's Sawai Man Singh (SMS), is considering replacing phenyl with cow urine as a disinfectant, according to reports.

In a pilot project by Rajasthan government, the hospital will use cow urine for straight fifteen days to test if it is that effective. The SMS hospital will soon be starting the use of 'Gau Clean', an India made disinfectant produced a trust that runs a cow urine refinery at Padhmeda, reports stated. The instructions of the usage of cow urine for the pilot project in the hospital came from the Rajasthan health minister Rajendra Rathore.

SMS hospital superintendent Dr Man Prakash Sharma said, "We have constituted a committee of three doctors which will test the effectiveness of the 'gau mutra' disinfectant." The committee set up to evaluate the effect of Gau Clean will analyse its effectiveness in areas like the ICU, hospital floor and on medical equipment. 

Rajasthan's minister of Gaupalan (cow-rearing) department Otaram Dewasi told a leading daily, "Our primary aim is to find out how cow can become a source of income. If we want people to keep cow, then it should also earn some revenue. At Pathmeda gaushala, the researchers are trying to make products from cow urine so that it could become a source of income."