The first country in the world to ban the inhaled anesthetic desflurane is Scotland, which decided that the pain-numbing, sleep-inducing gas is too damaging to the climate to continue allowing for use at hospitals. According to the United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS), desflurane has a global warming “potential” that is 2,500 times greater than carbon … Continue reading PREPARE FOR PAIN: Scotland bans anesthesia due to its “impact on the climate”
Dr. Eddy Bettermann MD 