Giving a theory on "Perception of Wellness" amongst Industrial employees and its impact on the General Illness cases of the plant

ABSTRACT

Introduction: The perception of Wellness in an Industrial ecosystem is a topic which has been seldom explored in the Industrial set up. Catering to a huge employee base in an industry sometimes becomes a tough nut to crack due to many factors like time constraints, lack of sensitivity or lack of drive. Objective(s) (i) To assess the overall wellness among industrial employees (ii) To assess its' impact on the general illness cases of the employees Material(s) and Method(s) It included regular multispeciality camps, conducting health talks, creating health challenges, single speciality camps, increasing visual presence and OHC Renovation. Result(s) The overall wellness events were increased by 60% and the increase in participation was found to be 92%. In terms of OPD numbers the employees per day decreased from about 222+ to 150+. The greatest point of observation was that though the in absolute numbers the increase of participation was mere 682;the decrease in OPD numbers was manifold. Now this difference was significant. Even if the number of increased wellness participants stopped coming to the OPD twice the reduction in numbers would be a mere 1364 which still does not explain the massive reduction of about 7 times this number. Conclusion(s) When there is a regular streak of wellness activities in an industrial set up it leads to the creation of wellness ambience and a second component, wellness idol generation which can be seen in subsequent years when the total OPD general illness cases fell by more than 90% with the help of COVID-19 Protocols.