A green hospital can be defined as a hospital that enhances patient well-being, aids the curative process, and thus, utilizes the natural resources in an efficient, environment-friendly manner. The concept of a green hospital works on the principle of the three R's - Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. Green building is also known as a sustainable building According to the Indian Green Building Council, a green hospital building can be defined as one which enhances patient wellbeing, aids the curative process, while utilizing natural resources in an efficient, environment friendly manner. The hospital aims to be environment friendly, use renewable resources, reduces waste by implementing green practices, and enhance the patient’s well-being. The “Green Hospital” concept is based on providing healthcare without causing any harm to the environment and the healthcare worker. The importance of the green hospital lies in the fact that caring for the environment is no less than caring for the safety and well-being of patients. Thus, the idea of health safety expanded beyond the hospital in order to protect healthy people in their homes, workplace and parks, before they turned into patients, and then they will have to treat them with drugs and surgeries at an inestimable financial and moral cost.
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Growing demand for renewable source of energy, increasing number of hospitals moving towards sustainability, high cost of energy along with cost of water supplies and waste disposal, and rising number of green hospitals across the globe are expected to drive the growth of the global green hospitals market during the forecast period.
For instance, in October 2022, Prime Minister of India, Mr. Narendra Modi, inaugurated the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh, India, with a promise to increase access to affordable healthcare in Himachal Pradesh in an eco-friendly manner. The hospital will run in an environment-friendly manner, and will also be known as ‘Green Hospital’.
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