Architecture of Healing
Recently I wrote a contributed article (?) for Healthcare Design Magazine about the Sambhavna Clinic in Bhopal, India, which provides medical care to survivors of the world’s worst industrial chemical accident. Architecture of Healing describes the Sambhavna Clinic and the work to eliminate the continued suffering in Bhopal. I’m saddenned to hear that monsoon flooding in August has caused extensive damage to the community. Floodwaters (photo) have spread chemicals from the yet-to-be-cleaned-up Union Carbide factory and sickened residents.
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Background
My client, Health Care Without Harm, focuses on improving the environmental profile of the health care industry to ensure that the very organizations working to treat patients do not in fact cause harm themselves (hence the website of www.noharm.org). HCW organizes a conference every two years called CleanMed. The most recent US conference took place in April 06. The Sambhavna Clinic was highlighted at the conference and the article was an outgrowth of the conference. The next CleanMed conference is in May 2008 in Pittsburgh.
