Stress is another silent killer to corporate employees. According to Marsh India, an Insurance Brokers Pvt Ltd, 59% of employees in India report feeling stressed in everyday life. During another study conducted by ‘India Health and Wellbeing’ that covered over 100 organisations and senior HR leaders revealed that around 55 percent of those surveyed believed that stress was a major factor behind the poor health of employees in India.
The large chunk of corporate employees in India are deprived of cardiovascular screening and timely treatment, and in dire need of a holistic Heart Health Programme to complement the current Corporate Wellness offerings. To cater to the emerging needs, India Health Link (IHL) – a medical device and wellness care company based out of Bengaluru, committed to building a connected ‘user centric’ healthcare ecosystem through its advanced digital platform and award-winning health station – “hPod”, has come up with a customised solution.
IHL Care ‘Digital Health Centre’ is a first of its kind Integrated Heart Health Programme that complements Corporate Wellness, providing customised health solutions. The ‘hPod’ brought by IHL Care is a self-service ATM size health station. It is capable of screening (20+) essential vital parameters including key parameters like Blood Pressure, Temperature, Body Mass Composition, Pulse, SPO2, and ECG, without any paramedic assistance.
Speaking on the uniqueness of the IHL Care platform, Dr Satyender Goel, Founder & CEO, India Health Link, says, “Health Score is an indicator of the health of an individual, and we envisioned to have every Indian, all 1.3 billion+, open their health account with the help of hPod. This is the most advanced and accurate health screening Kiosk in the world that will help get a preliminary check-up done instantly. Additionally, we have developed an integrated tailormade Heart Health Programme to complement Corporate Wellness. IHL Care is the one-stop integrated health solution to fill the massive gap in piece-meal Corporate Wellness offering.”
“Heart wellness from inside out is the need of the hour during Covid times for enhancing Corporate Health. There is a rising trend of anxiety, fear, confusion and panic during this Covid Outbreak. Most individuals have to face a lot more stress to sustain their job, financial insecurity. Negative stress leading to increased liberation of cortisol, epinephrine and norepinephrine thereby enhancing upsurge of Hypertension, Heart Attack, Palpitations, weight gain due to reduced activities, faulty eating habits, disturbed sleep pattern responsible for Heart illnesses,” says, Dr H K Chopra, Eminent Cardiologist International Repute, President – World Wellness Foundation, Chairman, CME – Moolchand Medcity, New Delhi.
Dr Chopra further adds, “Most individuals are not able to go for periodic check-ups further adding to heart diseases besides proinflammation and prothrombotic enhancement by stress and Covid itself. A time has come that every individual and corporate pay attention to have a paradigm shift to Heart wellness to enhance individual, corporate and our Nation’s health. Smart Heart is Smart Corporate and Smart India.”