Why is it important for health care institutions to be viewed as “green”?
Health care institutions are a powerful symbol of health and a recognized community leader. Health care professionals have an ethical responsibility, embodies in the Hippocratic Oath, to “above all, do no harm”. It is incompatible with the mission of institutions devoted to healing to be significant consumers of resources and sources of environmental harm through air and wastewater emissions, hazardous and solid waste generation, greenhouse gas emissions and toxic chemical usage. Thus, being green has a symbolic and practical significance for any health care institution.
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