Perspectve International Journal of Healthcare Education & Medical Informatics (ISSN: 2455-9199) Copyright (c) 2022: Author(s). Published by Advanced Research Publications International Journal of Healthcare Education and Medical Informatics Volume 9, Issue 3&4 - 2022, Pg. No. 29-31 Peer Reviewed & Open Access Journal Corresponding Author: Kalpana Zutshi, Department of Physiotherapy, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India. E-mail Id: zutshi.kalpana@gmail.com Orcid Id: htps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3494-5665 How to cite this artcle: Zutshi K, Fatma A. Sustainable Healthcare and Physiotherapy. Int J HealthCare Edu & Med Inform. 2022; 9(3&4): 29-31. Date of Submission: 2022-11-02 Date of Acceptance: 2022-12-20 I N F O Sustainable Healthcare and Physiotherapy Kalpana Zutshi 1 , Aqsa Fatima 2 1 Associate Professor, Department of Physiotherapy, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India. 2 BPT Intern department of Physiotherapy Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India. DOI: htps://doi.org/10.24321/2455.9199.202209 World Health Organizaton (WHO) defnes a Sustainable Healthcare System as one that benefts patents, Populaton, and the environment by addressing the socio-economic determinants of public health, intervening as early as possible in the disease process, providing ‘lean’ healthcare pathways, and reducing the environmental and socio- economic costs of healthcare provision. 1 According to WHO (2016), health is a contributor to several of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), but health priorites for sustainable development will remain aspiratonal unless strategies to transform the health workforce capability are put in place. 2 Among the various SDGs, the third goal, “Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all ages,” the fourth goal, “Ensure inclusive and equitable quality educaton and promote lifelong learning opportunites for all,” and the ffh goal, “Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls,” are all areas where physiotherapists may have a signifcant impact. 3 While physiotherapy’s impact on the healthcare system as a whole is subtle, it is substantal because of the non- pharmacological, low-cost, and low-carbon treatments it employs to equip patents for self-management. Therefore, physiotherapy may play a signifcant role in promotng long-term sustainability. 4 Over the past decade, the concept of sustainability in healthcare has acquired signifcant tracton. This is due to the fact that leaders in the medical community have begun to acknowledge the negatve consequences of standard procedures on global health. 5 When it comes to safeguarding health, treatng patents, and saving lives, health sector facilites are the operatonal heart of service delivery. However, healthcare insttutons also contribute to global warming through their carbon emissions. 6 Carbon monoxide is produced in large quanttes by the world’s healthcare facilites due to the extensive use of resources and the usage of energy-intensive machinery. Given that our professional moto as doctors is “frst, do no harm,” this seems odd. Medical facilites should be at the forefront of illness preventon eforts, and should not be the ones spreading it. 6 The annual carbon dioxide equivalent emissions from 514 coal-fred power plants are comparable to the global climate footprint of healthcare, which is 2 gigatons. If the healthcare sector were a country, it would be the sixth largest emiter of greenhouse gases. 6