KASTURI & SONS (THE HINDU) News paper industry 130 year old organisation 4 publications Published at 12 places 3572 employees in total ; 1672 in Chennai Employee Health & Welfare Proactive management

MEDICAL TEAM Guided by Dr.Nalini Krishnan M.D., - Director Supported by 5 Medical officers Clinical assistants Medical Social Worker & Counsellor Physiotherapists Laboratory Staff

A comprehensive health care programme launched under the Arogyaraksha banner in 1997 for various curative and preventive medicine and health promotion programmes at worksite

THE HINDU HEALTH & WELFARE CENTRE Established in 1994 Located at the heart of Chennai On site emergency services at the press & corporate office also provided

Provides comprehensive health care services to Service employees & their families Retired employees & their spouse THE HINDU HEALTH & WELFARE CENTRE

HEALTH CARE SERVICES PROVIDED Outpatient medical consultation & treatment Specialists’ consultations - twice a week Diagnostic Lab Services & ECG Imaging services - X-ray, Ultra Sonogram & Echocardiogram Well equipped physiotherapy unit Counselling services for employees & families Pharmacy services – at no cost to patients

COUNSELLING SERVICES Counselling of employees on work-place related inter- personal behavioural and emotional problems House visits for follow-up counselling

COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMMES Awareness programmes on smoking and alcoholism conducted  In schools and colleges  Government and private corporations to mention a few oTamil Nadu steels - Arakonam oBrakes India – Padi, Chennai oReserve bank of India oHindustan motors  Tamil Nadu police – Nearly 80,000 police personnel have been covered through workshops conducted for alcohol deaddiction  Hospitals and deaddiction centres  Rural villages at Chingleput,Salem and Madurai  And wherever help is required

OTHER HEALTH CARE ACTIVITIES The Hindu in 1996 in collaboration with ILO & an NGO, TTK Hospital participated in workshops and conducted programmes for prevention of alcohol and drug abuse at work place April 1998 : Policy against Substance Abuse formulated jointly by the Union & the Management Sponsoring for alcohol de-addiction treatment Also participated in the ARMADA (Association of Resource Managers Against Drug Abuse) & SOLVE programmes on management of Stress,Tobacco and Alcohol Addiction, HIV infection and Violence

HEARING CONSERVATION PROGRAMME Carried out in May 2001 Helped to reduce noise emission & keep it within safety limits Employees educated on the importance of using hearing protective equipment

Annual on-site health screening & master health check up done for employees of all branches Counselling on lifestyle modification done Well-Women Check-Up – Including Gynec examination, Mammogram & PAP Smear Screening of Food Handlers (canteen staff) for communicable diseases once in 6 months Typhoid and Hepatitis A vaccines administered PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE PROGRAMMES

ABOUT THE AA GROUP AA Support Groups for patients & Al-Anon Family member support groups AA group meetings held at corporate office and at press (Maraimalainagar) once a week Senior members from other AA groups with long years of soberity invited to share their experience Al- Anon group meetings held at welfare centre 94 employees have come forward for treatment 70.7% of them remain sober still

Health promotional activities at work place include Educative and awareness lectures on personal hygiene, road safety, addiction, cancer, obesity, hypertension, diabetes and other related diseases Dissemination of information through notices,posters,flyers Messages on scrollers at canteen Poster exhibition Screening camps In-house newsletter called Welfare Watch Health Promotion Messages in pay packet Participation in health fairs OTHER HEALTH CARE ACTIVITIES

SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAMME Initiated on 1 st January, 1999 Declared ‘No Smoking’ office on 1st January, 2000 Conducted by Dr.Nalini Krishnan, Director, Dr.Mary Varman Chief Medical Officer & Ms.Malini Roberts, Medical Social Worker of The Hindu H & WC Technical Assistance by Ms. Thirumagal, Director of Counselling,T.T. Ranganathan Clinical Research Foundation, Chennai

SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAMME – How achieved ? Phased withdrawal of smoking zones at the work spot Smoking zones reduced from 3 places in 1999 to ‘zero’ in 2000 Counselling & Workshops on Smoking Cessation & Tips to quit smoking

Display of Anti –Smoking posters at strategic places in the work place Distribution of pamphlets on health hazards of smoking & financial loss due to smoking along with the monthly pay Cheque & at ‘QSP’ work shops Hand-outs distributed SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAMME – How achieved ?

Based on Questionnaire survey 6 months after ‘QSP’ 4% decline in the total number of smokers after 6 months of ‘QSP’ Decrease in the numbers of cigarettes smoked Overwhelming response from the employees for ‘no smoking’ in work place (94%) Change of smoking location to outside office premises (67.6%) SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAMME – Results

Stopping smoking during office hours (15%) Smoking only after work and outside premises (7%) Relapse of smoking was 26.4% Reasons for relapse - peer pressure & perception of stress & ‘tension’ SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAMME – Results

‘A Cigar is a pipe with fire at one end and fool at the other’ - anonymous ‘Smoking Pays … … The tobacco company, The Hospital,The undertaker’

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