A retired military doctor writes about global health. No jargon. No agenda.

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"I spent 30 years on the frontlines of medicine — in war zones, refugee camps, and hospital boardrooms. Now I write to help everyone make sense of global health.

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The Business Case For Green Hospitals: Costs, Savings, and What The Numbers Actually Say
The Business Case For Green Hospitals: Costs, Savings, and What The Numbers Actually Say

A green hospital costs 10–15 per cent more to build and pays for itself within five to seven years. This article shows the numbers behind that claim — and the clinical returns that don’t appear on the energy bill.

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The Healthcare Sector’s Carbon Footprint: How Hospitals Became a Climate Problem
The Healthcare Sector’s Carbon Footprint: How Hospitals Became a Climate Problem

Healthcare generates 4.4 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions — and 71 per cent of that comes from the supply chain, not the building. Here is where the problem actually lives.

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What Is a Green Hospital — and Does It Actually Make Patients Better?
What Is a Green Hospital — and Does It Actually Make Patients Better?

Hospitals are responsible for 4.4 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions. A green hospital is the profession's answer to that — and the evidence on what it means for patients is clearer than most clinicians realise.

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“Of all forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and inhumane.”

Martin Luther King, Jr.