For each cataract surgery done at the Aravind Eye Care System in southern India, a fraction of the carbon footprint is produced with each phacoemulsification case compared with the same procedure performed in the United Kingdom.
According to waste audit observations, Aravind averaged 250 g of waste and nearly 6 kg of carbon dioxide-equivalents per phacoemulsification, equating to approximately 5% of the carbon footprint for phacoemulsification in the United Kingdom – with similar outcomes.
Authors of the observational case series attributed Aravind’s assembly line model for surgery
Uncategorized