Excessive meetings: an occupational risk to mental health and productivity
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is known to tell employees to skip pointless meetings that waste their time. Satya Nadella, during covid once remarked by citing brain studies about video meetings to highlight how draining they can be, saying, “Thirty minutes into your first video meeting...
Effect on mental health due to inadequate or poor safety systems at workplace
We hardly think about what effect a poor or inadequate safety system could have on mental health. We are aware that it can physically harm, but a UK study published in May 2020 in Occupational Medicine journal indicates that inadequate or poor safety systems does...
Stress due to social media, resilience and the OH physician!
With the advent of various apps, data being freely available and internet charges being affordable there is too much happening on the web leading to information overload. That it causes stress is no surprise. What is surprising is that most of those who are stressed...
Virtual Occupational Health: worth considering by organizations
The covid pandemic forced many industries to transition to virtual working, if not fully, then to a large extent. Complex works were successfully managed virtually. As a result, the world learnt a new way of working, virtually. During pandemic, home became the new office and...
Covid booster dose: 3rd dose or an annual event!
Wasn’t the second dose supposed to be a booster? What is the science behind the 3rd dose which is being labelled as booster? Is the 3rd dose being advocated for business reasons. These were the questions asked by friends and various callers. Should I take...
Reopening of schools – timing and methodology
Schools reopen upon government orders. Certain things being common, reopening of schools is different from reopening an office for multiple reasons. Let’s see what they are and discuss about the timing of reopening and its methodology. Offices have mature individuals who would follow the protocols...
The mask paradox
Wearing a mask definitely additionally protects. We continue to wear mask in closed spaces (offices, restaurants etc.) even when the covid cases are low with the hope that in the near future we would relax wearing the mask, knowing well that perhaps the cases will...
Role of OH (Occupational Health) physician during pandemic
Business owners and employees who did not have any OH support to guide them while working from home will be surprised to know about the advantages of having one. Timely and precise advice by OH specialist resulted in less confusion to face the new challenges...
