GreenSeminar

Seminar on Green Healthcare

Hosmac Foundation under its initiative Hosmac Knowledge Forum is organising a conference on: Practising Green Healthcare in The Intercontinental The Lalit,Mumbai on 27th June 2009.

Green Healthcare Practice is a model based on the understanding that human and environmental healthcare inextricably linked. The environment in which we live is extremely fragile and of late, the global environmental changes have awakened many, to the need to address it more seriously. This mandates a need for a healthcare system to actively participate in reducing the detrimental impact on the environment, caused by hospitals.

Says Dr Vivek Desai, MD, Hosmac, "Hospitals are resource-intensive organisations and consume large volumes of energy and water. Greening hospitals infrastructure focus on healthy and sustainable building design and construction and have better ability to improve patient care and reduce operational expenses (especially on energy and water). Greening operations focus on lowering the use of environmentally toxic material in hospitals, recycling and reusing material, wherever possible, which further reduces costs but enhances acceptable and environment sensitivity among patients. "

The thematic topics for the seminar will be 'Green Building Certification: Process Simplified', 'Designing an Eco Friendly Hospital', 'Energy Efficiency in Hospital Engineering', 'Greening Healthcare Operations' and 'Panel Discussion: Can Hospitals Really be Green?'.

Key industry leaders, decision makers from various healthcare providers in the region are expected to attend the event.

Contact:
Satish Kumar
Hosmac, Mumbai
(M) +91 99010 61669 / + 91 98191 75738

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