INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
We need to reduce environmental impact of our current clinical pathways
Kathmandu, November 18
Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology, in
collaboration with World Health Organisation, today organised a national workshop on Environment Sustained Eye Care, in the
capital.
Speakers at the event shed light on various issues related to climate change.
&There is huge impact of climate change on human
health such as heat-related illnesses and deaths, cardiovascular failure, respiratory allergies, asthma, diarrhoeal diseases, malaria,
Climate change also leads to change in vector ecology, air pollution, forced migration, conflict along with mental health impacts,& said
Tanya Harris, global manager procurement/sustainability officer at The Fred Hollows Foundation during her webminar presentation at the
workshop from Melbourne.
Shedding light on reduction of carbon footprint and developing resilience strategies, reduce, reuse and recycle to
help prevent environment degradation and climate change, the speakers highlighted how hospitals have been affecting the environment and also
talked about how they should manage hospital waste to fight climate change.
At the event, the speakers also discussed the government policy,
impact assessment, vulnerability and adaptation initiatives for climate change, sustainable procurement, climate change and health
facilities during the event.
They stressed how eye health specialists can influence and improve sustainable procurement and waste management
Stressing reuse, reduce and recycle methods, the speakers shared that effective national policies be made to combat climate change.
The
speakers also shed light on climate change effects in eye health ailments
Haphazard use of natural resources have been a major cause for climate change.
&We need to reduce environmental impact of our current
We must set our goals to set out cost and set carbon footprint,& said Dr Andy Cassels-Brown, global medical director for Fred Hollows
Foundation Australia.
The speakers at the event focused on climate change, rising temperature, heat waves, sea level rise, melting ice,
ocean acidification and change in rainfall pattern, among other issues related with climate change.
&Hospitals should manage waste in a
We should work on reducing pollution,& said Bhagirath Baniya, chief, Public Relations of Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology.
&The goal of
our hospital is to reduce waste, keep hospital clean and green, reduce methane emissions from the decomposition of waste at landfill site.
A
scientific study on climate change had stated that climate was a rapid phenomenon in many countries across the globe.
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