Occupational Health inputs in projects
Should a project make the people involved in it sick during its execution or even after completion, and should it make sick those who occupy it subsequently? Sickness during project and afterwards generally happens but are often overlooked because of: lack of awareness its mild...
World Mental Health day 2021
The campaign slogan for World Mental Health Day 2021 is Mental health care for all: let’s make it a reality. The covid-19 pandemic affected most of us, especially some groups such as, health and other frontline workers, students, people living alone, and those with pre-existing...
Heart health and the OH physician
Every year 29th September is observed as World Heart Day. On this day, people are reminded about ways and means of taking care of heart. The reminder is necessary despite increase in deaths due to heart attacks. What does an Occupational Health (OH) physician employed...
Have you seen an employee fall asleep during meetings?
Do not be amused at the sight of a co-worker falling asleep during a meeting. If you notice the same worker falling asleep multiple times during the same meeting or in every meeting, it is time to alert the OH physician. The sleep disorder is...
Is demasking in the office cabin ok during pandemic
Business owners and c-suite executives sit in cabins, rarely in open offices. Is it ok to de-mask just because you are seated in a cabin? I have some explanation to offer even if I do not have much scientific information on it. Once in an...
Access to Occupational Health (OH)
Only a handful of large corporations offer OH services to their employees. How can an individual or a not-so-affording MSME get access to OH services. Is provision of OH access to all as difficult as setting up a ICU in planet Mars! Wherever there are...
