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Doctors prepare for the “enormous health consequences” of climate change

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Student doctors push for the health impacts of extreme weather to be taught in medical schools, as the carbon emissions from healthcare come under greater scrutiny.

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Fig. 1: Sources of carbon emissions in the UK NHS.

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