I am all for havig an option to do operations with locals if they can do it safely and the patient is okay with it, being awake to hear all that goong on, some may be fine others not.
But to mandate it for such a stupid reason, you can’t capitulate to libtard idiots.
I feel the same as you. Local is fine if everyone is cool with it, but for goodness sakes, not because of climate change! Good grief! So asinine!