Ecosteria - A Step Towards Innovative and Sustainable Medical Technology - A Revolution in the Healthcare Sector

In rural and underprivileged areas where people lack the facility of stable electrification, sterilization is an immense problem faced by all during medical procedures. Due to this lack of sterilization, proper hygiene cannot be maintained even for patients in critical conditions. Proper hygienic conditions are a human right for individuals especially during birthing and other OT procedures. In an everchanging world, we have progressed vastly in areas of communication, transport, economics, policy formulations etc. where betterments and modifications constantly strive to better define and navigate through modern day life. Ever since the mid-twentieth century we have been concerned about the environmental impacts that industrialization can bring about and this is a dire issue that we are still trying to find concrete answers and solutions to. Particularly in healthcare, the premise of making devices and methods that are better for the environment remain relatively unexplored, with vast potential of making healthcare devices eco-friendly and more innovative that maximizes utility. Ecosteria is a Portable Solar Powered UV lamp which is a medical device to bring pioneering change in this direction. India and many other countries in the world possess a vast rural population with 65% of the people comprising the Indian rural population.1 In such a scenario, we must strive towards the betterment of healthcare facilities so as to fulfil the larger aim of achieving the third SDG of Good Health and Well-being. Keywords: Medicine, Sustainable Medical Innovation, Environment, SDG’s, Mother and Child Health.