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Marion Rae

Time for a check-up: hospitals not yet climate ready

There's calls for hospitals to help cut emissions by using more renewable energy. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

Australia's hospitals should switch to safer, cheaper clean energy as part of a nationwide health response to climate change, experts say.

An all-electric hospital would use 100 per cent renewable energy - not gas or diesel - for heating, cooking, hot water and sterilising medical tools.

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