Professional Hazards – do we need tips? Part 2

How many professional hazards are there?

Oh, who can answer this? Every profession has hazards associated with it- known or unknown.

The other day I was in the hospital talking to the doctor who was on routine rounds to check on the patients’ status. While still talking, he put his hand into one of the trays kept next to a patient to check some medicine bottles. There was a freshly used syringe with needle. It pricked Doctor’s finger. Blood dropped out. He immediately called the nurse and got the case sheet of the patient. Doctor was fortunate. Patient was not HIV positive. Otherwise, in a fraction of second, doctor would have turned HIV +ve!

So very tough to list out what kinds of hazards we would be facing each day. If we restrict the discussion to our own field, may be we can name some of the common hazards:

Physical Hazards: Back pain, Head ache, Effects on eyes, Accumulating excess fat in the body leading to all “ROUND” development, Excess Cholesterol leading to heart attacks, Arthritis, Loss of immunity due to sleeplessness, High/low Blood pressure, acidity, so on and so forth.

Mental & Social Hazards: No time for family leading to ill impacts on spouse & kids, No real friends circle leading to nil social life, Early signs of retirement so on and so forth.

I am very sure, when you read the above list, you will immediately remember some article that you have read some where on mitigation of each of these risks. In addition, you may be thinking that this list is not exhaustive; more number of such problems exists. You may also think that these are all people dependent, so cannot be generalized. Or you may not be finding a particular problem that you are facing in this list!

My objective is not bringing out an encyclopedia on professional hazards. But just to remind you, out of the many ideas that are known to us for mitigating these hazards, why aren’t we following at least few ideas, with complete dedication? It could be Yoga or exercises or 20:20:20 tips or food habits or….

We are experts in memorizing many tips and tricks. We are also experts in giving lectures on those tips & tricks. However, when will we learn to follow some of these tips with complete devotion?

Published in the eNewsletter of ICSI Mysore Chapter in its March 2009 Edition