This initiative aims at making the data centrally accessible and integrating it with government police hospitals
To reduce deaths in the police force due to hypertension and heart attacks, Maharashtra home department is working on a software. The software will automate a complete process for recording the heath data of police personnel right from hiring till retirement. This initiative aims at making the data centrally accessible and integrating it with government police hospitals. The department will hire a consultant for the job.
Officials claim that the purpose of the data is to ensure that policemen are assigned duties keeping their health condition and age in mind. “If the data reveals that a constable working in traffic department has health issues and cannot stand for prolonged hours, we may transfer him to the administrative branch,” said a senior home department official.
As per department estimate, 300 policemen die every year due to health problems like cardiac arrest. As per a 2012 RTI filed by activist Chetan Kothari, 120 policemen in Mumbai alone have died on duty in between 2002-2012.
Reports say the main causes of deaths include ailments like diabetes, hypertension and heart-related problems. JJ hospital’s dean TP Lahane said irregular food timings and work tension are the main causes of the deadly diseases.
“If these two (taking food on time and reduction in stress) are taken care of, then one can remain fit,” Lahane added.
In September this year, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis launched the first comprehensive ‘Heart Health’ screening programme for Mumbai’s policemen in collaboration with Asian Heart Institute.
The programme, designed ‘to care for the police who care for Mumbai’, provided free heart health assessment to thousands of cops at the Asian Heart Institute, as part of the World Heart Day observation on September 29.
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