Staying Healthy Today = Stronger Tomorrow

WHY IS PREVENTIVE HEALTHCARE IMPORTANT

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Health is wealth; again, he who is healthy does not know the agony of those who are ill. There is a popular saying that prevention is better than cure. I have come to terms with these sayings because experience is the best teacher.

In a healthcare Facility

In my workplace, we have a policy that instructs employees to utilise the HMO to run at least one full annual check-up within the year. That policy states that all employees must present their certificate of fitness before they resume duties after their annual leave. This implies that it is mandatory that every employee goes for an annual health check during their annual leave. Initially, it was not heeded, but it was reviewed and made a compulsory document to present before an employee is allowed to resume; if not, stay back- you can guess the implication. Lol, we preempted the excuses.

This helps us to reduce absenteeism caused by health-related issues, low productivity resulting from such absences, and overall loss and downtime. A healthy workforce is a productive workforce. When the workforce is healthy and there is no absenteeism caused by ill health, production will increase, leading to better cash flow management.

Before now, I used to shove it until I was seriously down and was incapacitated for two weeks. Right now, I am not exempt from this policy, so everyone abides by this instruction to avoid the consequences. Once I am on leave, I go for my annual check-up and present my certificate of fitness to resume once my leave is exhausted. Last year, I went for the check early because of a toothache. The pain was unbearable, but in the end, I was referred to some organic supplements because I was advised not to uproot the teeth, and it really helped.

However, going by the trend of recent occurrences in the workplace and environment, we prioritised health checks on prostate cancer for males, then diabetes, cholesterol, and sugar levels because of the rate of high blood pressure. We also added malaria and typhoid, though we were advised against tagging typhoid, as it's malaria that degenerates to such health issues when not tracked and tackled early.

Emergency Unit of a Healthcare Facility

Generally, when we cultivate simple health habits like exercising regularly, eating well, sleeping early, observing proper hygiene, and loving ourselves, we can detect signs and symptoms that can be treated early, thereby reducing the damage and cost rather than when health deteriorates, because prevention is better than cure.

In the end, when we take good care of ourselves today, we will be able to stay happy and healthy to enjoy our tomorrow.

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