Ensuring climate-resilient healthcare for all Thai citizens

[snoop1130]

 

Access to healthcare is a fundamental right for all citizens, but how safe are the hospitals themselves, in the face of escalating environmental damage from climate change?

 

A new assessment report, jointly released by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and Family Health International (FHI 360), shows that a number of hospitals and healthcare facilities in Thailand are vulnerable to the effects of climate change. The study aims to find ways for policymakers to improve and ensure better access to healthcare, which is also climate-resilient.

 

The report, “Green Viability and Climate Vulnerability Assessments in Healthcare-related Facilities in Thailand”, surveyed the potential impacts of climate change on four healthcare institutions, namely Rayong Hospital, San Sai Hospital and Suthep Community Health Center in Chiang Mai, and Bueng Yitho Medical and Rehabilitation Center in Bangkok’s nearby province of Pathum Thani.

 

Full story: Thai PBS 2023-09-29

 

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[proton]

More climate change nonsense, how does the possibility of it being slightly hotter or wetter stop the ill from getting to hospital or accessing health care?

[hotchilli]

12 hours ago, proton said:

More climate change nonsense, how does the possibility of it being slightly hotter or wetter stop the ill from getting to hospital or accessing health care?

If you're up to your neck in water it makes it a tad difficult to make your journey the hospital?

[huangnon]

14 hours ago, proton said:

More climate change nonsense, how does the possibility of it being slightly hotter or wetter stop the ill from getting to hospital or accessing health care?

It doesn't. But obviously Thailand has signed some deal / trade agreement with the "United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) " who are pushing this b0ll0cks.

[redwood1]

Just use the words climate change to justify any other stupidity you want to throw in..

 

Like to save the planet all hamburgers must banned to stop climate change....

[AgMech Cowboy]

17 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Access to healthcare is a fundamental right for all citizens, but how safe are the hospitals themselves

First glance I thought those trees in the 'background' was actually mold on the walls of the hospital room with the bed. TG I was wrong, but... Then I saw the BS about "climate change" I decided it probably was mold not trees.

[Puccini]

What is Climate Resilience?

Published Jun 6, 2022

 

Solving the climate crisis isn’t just about cutting carbon emissions. It’s about protecting people from harm.

 

We’re in a climate crisis. As the world warms, people across the globe face daunting new challenges, on a scale never seen before. To withstand those challenges—and to thrive—we need climate resilience.

 

Climate resilience is about successfully coping with and managing the impacts of climate change while preventing those impacts from growing worse. A climate resilient society would be low-carbon and equipped to deal with the realities of a warmer world.

 

Full text: https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/what-climate-resilience#:~:text=Climate resilience is about successfully,those impacts from growing worse.