Introduction: There is no countering the fact that in the latter half of the 20 th century humans have tampered with the ecosystem as has never been done before. Healthcare sector, through its consumption of a large number of resources and generation of an array of wastes, has itself become a public health concern. According to Indian Green Building Council, a green hospital building can be defined as one which enhances patient well-being, aids the curative process, while utilizing natural resources in an efficient, environment-friendly manner. Hospitals should be leading the way in providing patients the best quality of service and within the environment's safety. Sick people should have the greenest buildings of all. This article aims to understand the basics of green hospitals, their various functions, the need to implement these ideas in hospitals rendering them environment and patient friendly, to identify the factors that affect the quality of green hospital design and to inform future green hospital designs. Methodology: A systematic search was conducted to understand the broad issues of climate change, green hospitals and environmental sustainability. Information from green hospitals that are presently operating in India and abroad were collected and compiled to know the impact of implementing such measures in the economy of the hospital, recovery time of the patients and saving environment. Important reports and articles were collected in full text for further reference. Result: By observing various green hospital's data, these strategies reduce buildings' operating costs by 8.9 %, increase building value by 7.5 %, a 6.6 % return on investment, increase occupancy ratio by 3.5 %. The relationship between improved indoor air quality and positive health impacts on illness, including asthma, flu, sick building syndrome, respiratory problems and headaches, the improvements ranged from 13.5 to 87%. Conclusion: Healthcare facilities in India and around the world are paving the way and we can say that high quality patient care and environmentally sustainable health facilities are not mutually exclusive and that 'green hospital' is not just a vague concept but a reality worth emulating.

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BACKGROUND: Coronavirus Disease 2019 also known as COVID-19 is an aggressively expanding pandemic caused by a novel human coronavirus (SARS-COV-2) previously known as 2019-nCov. The WHO (World Health Organization) declared the corona virus outbreak 2019- 2020 as a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) on 30 January 2020 and on 11 March 2020 WHO declared COVID-19 as a pandemic. This led to mass panic and anxiety. Without the proper knowledge of the disease, there are many misconceptions and stigmas about the pandemic even with the implementation of awareness programs. This study attempts to assess the knowledge and awareness level of people engaged in the health sector in India about the COVID-19 disease. AIM:To assess the awareness among the students, faculty and other health care workers about the basic knowledge of the COVID-19 disease. METHODOLOGY:Across sectional study was conducted among 558 Subjects in which faculty were 72, students were 298 and other health care workers were 191 of SHKM Govt. Medical College, Nalhar, Nuh. They will all be given questionnaires regarding the basic details of COVID-19, handling of COVID-19 dead bodies and autopsies of COVID-19 dead bodies. RESULT: In our study most participants acknowledge that they know about COVID-19 (98.92%) and it is a virus (99.46%). Also wearing a mask (98.39%), hand washing and social distancing (100.00)%,staying mostly indoors, not eating outside (78.67%), following all Government guidelines (65.80%), and eating good immunity (100.00%) food can prevent COVID-19. Most Participants have good knowledge regarding COVID-19 dead body autopsy also like whether to do autopsy in non-medicolegal cases (97.85%), risk from doing autopsy (100%). Very few participants know how to transport (0.54%) COVID-19 dead bodies though most know guidelines regarding COVID-19 dead bodies cremation (93.55%). CONCLUSION: There is a need for improvement in understanding of handling and autopsies of COVID-19 dead bodies. Regular awareness programs regarding basic knowledge of COVID-19 disease, handling and autopsies of COVID-19 dead bodies should be conducted.