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New Delhi,
3rd October, 2007 – T. Spiritual World Ltd., has
conducted its wellness programs at DLF, Mckinsey &
Company, Sony, Pepsi India, Convergys and Spicejet in
the month of September 2007. The Company has steadily
established a reputation among the corporate community
and created awareness for a healthier corporate
lifestyle.
According to a
new report by PricewaterhouseCoopers, titled “Working
towards Wellness – An Indian Perspective” Healthcare
benefits, work-life balance and perks are increasingly
becoming important to companies in India which want to
keep employees happy and to attract new talent. Indian
Companies are gradually developing comprehensive
wellness programs for their employees. The report
further adds that India stands to lose on average
International$ 200 billion in national Income due to
deaths from heart disease, stroke and diabetes from 2005
to 2015. The main causes of these chronic diseases are
well established and well known. The most important risk
factors are:
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Unhealthy diet and excessive energy
intake
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Physical inactivity
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Tobacco use
Working adults
spend more time at work - approximately one-third of
their day - than in any other setting - so the workplace
is an important place to institute changes in behavior.
A recent
report in the Times of India dated 28th
September 2007, highlights that executives in their
early 30s are suffering heart attacks and a large number
of them have frequent chest pain, high blood sugar and
high cholesterol levels. Alarmed by the rise in such
figures, Ministries of Health & IT are working on a
dedicated IT workplace health policy to tackle the
menace. A blueprint of India’s first dedicated health
policy for the BPO sector will be finalized at a
national conference in Bangalore by end of October 2007
after discussing with industry partners and the policy
is expected to be in place by early 2008. According to
the Ministry of Health, they have found a tremendously
high level of stress, mental disorders, cardio –
vascular diseases, divorce rates and daytime sleepiness
among call centre employees. Reducing just once health
risk increased on the job productivity by 9% and cut
absenteeism by 2%. According to latest figures, nearly
5,53,000 people work in India’s BPO sector.
The Company
has been successful in designing and delivering its
wellness programs to suit the requirements of the large
corporate clients, including several large BPOs & IT
Companies – IBM Daksh, WNS Global, vCustomer, Keane,
Aricent, TCS & eValueServe.com who want to “Bring
Wellness into Work”. With a dedicated IT & BPO workplace
health policy in place by early 2008, T. Spiritual World
expects that the demand for its wellness products and
services will rise even further. |
