True Left

Our enemies' latest complaint:

https://gatesofvienna.net/2022/10/whats-a-little-pain-when-youre-saving-the-planet/

Are people supposed to now do without anesthesia during surgery in order to save the climate?
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if the invention of anesthesia was once considered a great medical achievement, since people no longer have to endure the pain of surgery while fully conscious, the broadcaster Arte now warns that anesthetic gases may damage the climate.
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“Did you know that hospitals are real climate killers? Many pollutants enter the environment there unfiltered… This also applies to anesthetic gases, which are used in seven million operating rooms in Germany every year. The gases are potent greenhouse gases and are often discharged directly to the outside via the hospital roof. But many hospitals are now paying more attention to sustainability.”
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So woe to those who need surgery: they pollute the climate and make tax increases necessary! One would think that the healthcare system would already have been sufficiently rundown, without the climate sect making calculations about the emissions from medical treatments.

In short, our enemies want to keep Western medicine going irrespective of the environmental damage it is causing.

We, in contrast, advocate looking for replacements to Western medicine. In the case of pain suppression for surgery:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2396469/

Acupuncture anesthesia has some benefits: (i) it is simple and easy without complicated tools, (ii) there are no side effects, (iii) non-painful areas are induced without the involvement of innervations of the areas stimulated by acupuncture, (iv) the anesthetic effects last after acupuncture anesthesia and (v) the wound heals more quickly.

Western anaesthetic equipment:



Non-Western anaesthetic equipment:



This is how inferior Western civilization is. (No prizes for guessing which is more environmentally friendly!)

There are some drawbacks, however: (i) anesthesia produced by acupuncture has individual variations and (ii) too much time is needed to induce anesthesia.

Doctors are supposed to view patients as individuals! Yes, this requires a level of sensitivity on the part of the doctors that is probably out of reach of most Westerners.

As for time, I would like to see a recalculation that takes into account the time required to manufacture the Western vs the non-Western equipment.