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Health risks to a kitchen worker due to manual work 

 Kitchens are of at least 4 types – home kitchen, roadside kitchen, restaurant kitchen and cloud kitchen. Anyone working in a kitchen is a kitchen worker and is prone to certain health risks. What are they? We won’t discuss about the injuries that can happen...
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Can I ride in a cab during pandemic? 

Friends, colleagues, and relatives are asking if they can ride in a cab safely during a pandemic or when the number of new daily covid cases are low in the locality they live in. The answer lies in the statement - Follow CAB to ride...
Occupational Health

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...
Articles

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...
Occupations

Working in a confined space 

A confined space is an enclosed space that is not designed for continuous occupancy to work. It has restricted entrance or exit making it difficult to offer first aid, rescue or evacuate a worker. The confined space is a risk for the health and safety...
Articles

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...
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Covid and dangers of small gatherings 

Small gatherings like birthday parties, kitty parties, festivals are equally dangerous in spreading new covid infections. In a USA study published in June 2021 in JAMA, using administrative health care data on 2.9 million households, with information on birthdays and COVID-19 diagnoses for each household...