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ESSENTIAL FUELS TO HOSPITALS GLOBALLY
Hospitals are open 24*7, with thousands of patients, visitors and employees occupying the space. This rises the need for sophisticated heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems for temperature control and air flow. Other activities such as laundry, medical and lab equipment use, sterilization, computer and server use, food service, and refrigeration utilize large amounts of energy. Due to all of the above, LPG and natural gas are essential fuels to hospitals globally. Below mentioned are few applications of how they are used in hospitals.
Hospitals generate harmful bio-medical waste which needs to be safely disposed via incineration. Incinerators use LPG in order to achieve temperature high enough for complete combustion of the waste without any harmful emissions.
several hospitals make use of gas fired boilers. Steam generated from these boilers is used to heat the water for washing, run dyers and heat ironing equipment.
Hospitals in certain parts of the developing world have introduced LPG kitchen schemes which allow attendants of patients to use LPG stoves for cooking at a minimal charge. This enables them to reduce their expenses and free themselves from hazards of cooking in the open with inefficient fuels. Jahangir Hospital trusts LPG to be the safest form off fuel for their hospital and have thus, installed LPG pipelines for their kitchen.