The U.S. health care industry could learn a lot from India's doctors
They're delivering top-notch care while producing minimal waste.
By Marlene Cimons Nexus Media December 8, 2017
We know climate change is bad for our health. But we know much less about the carbon cost of the care needed to heal the sick and injured. In fact, the medical industry produces plenty of waste from treatments, tossing disposable gowns, caps, booties, gloves and blankets, in addition to using loads of energy to drive machines needed in diagnosis and surgery. And that's not even talking anesthesia, which is a greenhouse gas much more potent than carbon dioxide. The health care sector accounts for 10 percent of carbon pollution in the United States, according to one study.
https://www.popsci.com/us-health-care-industry-generates-ton-waste-it-should-take-lesson-from-india
