Should ecological optimization and carbon reduction strategies be listed among priorities when surgical pathways are designed?

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Our experience at the Aravind hospitals shows that a sensible approach to surgery that takes the environment and carbon reduction into account is feasible and safe for the patient. All eye surgery, and particularly cataract, is high-volume surgery. If we do not do responsible waste segregation, the impact on the environment is huge. Waste segregation, which allows recycling and reusing waste, is critical in every sector of health care, but even more in eye care, in which we use many (Read more...)

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