WELLNESS IN ENVIRONMENT: Hospitals, Healing Patients & Healing Environment: • The zero-waste practice at Maria Reyna-Xavier University Hospital in Cagayan de Oro City; • Safe practices to prevent radiation exposure in General Santos Doctors Hospitals; • Use of safer alternatives for hospital cleaning at St. Paul Hospital, Tuguegarao City; • Sustainable energy production through a biodigester at Perpetual Succor Hospital in Cebu City; • Wastewater treatment at Our Lady of Peace in Las Piñas and Philippine Heart Center; and • Mercury-free dental service at San Lazaro Hospital.

How environment experts envision a ‘green hospital’ | Inquirer Business: "During the launch, Dr. Jorge Emmanuel, chief technical adviser for the UNDP-GEF project, encouraged other hospitals present at the launch to follow the good examples of the featured hospitals. He also urged hospitals who are already members of the GGHH Network to continue to be part of the network in the long run. Six of the seven hospitals featured are already members of the network. Ferrer said: “Everything is interconnected, and we believe that we are now at a point when the health system is going beyond their oath of ‘first do no harm.’ Health systems are now healing, and they are healing not just their patients but the environment too.”" CLICK LINK TO READ FULL ARTICLE

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