“Did you know that a surgical operation has the same carbon footprint as a return trip from Paris to Lyon by car, and that it produces as much waste as a family of four in a week?”challenges Pr: Karem Slim, surgeon at Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital and Secretary General of the Eco-Responsible Health Collective (Seres). Few healthcare professionals and even fewer patients are aware of this data. Because while we often talk about the impact of climate change on our health, we are much less concerned about the impact of healthcare on the environment.
However, hospitals, as well as private healthcare professionals, use a lot of energy, consume many resources (plastics, paper, metals, water, etc.) and produce a lot of waste. For example, 700,000 tons of garbage come out of healthcare facilities every year, and 700 to 1,200 liters of water are consumed per day and per patient… In France, the healthcare sector would represent…
Source: Le Figaro
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