OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

 

Occupational is derived from the word occupation; can be refers to as professional or vocational activities that people engage in to earn a living and better their society. Health on the other hand according to World Health Organization (WHO) is “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity.”

So we can now thematically says Occupational health is the promoting and maintaining the physical, mental and social well-being of workers in all occupations. Occupational health deals with some basic elements in occupation such as the worker, the tools, the process and the work environment; this is basically to ensure proper arrangement of these critical elements in order to maintain and protect the health and well-being of the worker and that of the environment.

In occupational health the worker is very important because every worker has a right to life and this right is threatened when the work environment and the work itself increases risk of unhealthy status which grossly affect work output. 🤷‍♂️Yes! In occupational health, you should not wait for a broken bone or malnourish status before you feel you are not healthy.

Surfing through some network I saw something that interest me written by CEO of Synlab Nigeria Mr. Kenneth Okolie on his handle where he wrote “Navigating a medical business isn’t just about operations and customer services. The heartbeat of any successful venture is rooted in its financial health.”

As a business man cum health practitioner my curiosity was like is he talking about the state of the business financial situations; income and expenses or the workers financial situations? Every business depends on the offer (services); worker.

…will continue next time but don’t forget to take occupational health serious!