Financial Times

Asiri health checks for corporates
Asiri Hospitals, the healthcare specialist has announced an enhancement of its pioneering mobile health checkups service. Asiri which introduced Sri Lanka to the concept of mobile health clinics at workplaces eight years ago has over the years made improvements to the service – adding value for over a hundred corporate establishments that have availed themselves of the mobile checkups.

A company statement said the Mobile Health Checkups are designed for the growing number of organisations wishing to accurately measure and positively influence the impact of employee health on their business.

“The cost of sickness absence, reduced performance related to health problems in employees and premature retirements and deaths amounts to millions of rupees per year and any expense on health promotion reaps benefits in the long term as a healthier workforce leads to better efficiency and productivity.”

The mobile health checkups enable each company to manage and continuously develop a personal health risk assessment programme for employees to encourage the development of healthy behaviors and lifestyles.
“The concern and assistance extended by management regarding employee health helps enhance employee morale and develops their loyalty and confidence in the company. This in turn leads to a satisfied workforce intent on helping their company succeed,” the statement said.

The Asiri Mobile Checkups are carried out by teams of specially trained medical and paramedical staff including doctors and technicians, who visit employees at their workplaces.

The mobile checkups are geared to provide all the standard testing carried out at a hospital – such as blood tests to detect common health problems including high cholesterol and blood sugar levels, ECG, hypertension, urine & stools analysis, height/weight ratio, vision testing and physical examinations.
The mobile checkup packages offered by Asiri cover the functions of key organs such as the heart, liver, kidneys, urinary and digestive systems which will help in identifying various health problems.

The comprehensive testing is complemented by the medical advice provided by a team of specially trained doctors who will explain and discuss the findings of the tests with employees on an individual basis.

“Over the past eight years, the Asiri Mobile Checkup teams have come across a number of cases of timely detection – where patients who otherwise may have ignored or been unaware of their symptoms have been diagnosed early and thereby been able to take timely preventive measures.

“The Asiri mobile checkups are a very convenient option for today’s corporate executives who often ignore their health due to the pressures of work. Since Asiri mobile checkups are carried out at their doorstep – employees do not need to take time off or make a special trip to a hospital."

The benefits of these mobile clinics for businesses are many. Companies that avail themselves of the Asiri Mobile Clinics are using sound business judgment as a healthy cadre contributes immensely towards a healthier business. The health checkups help avoid absenteeism and irregular working hours due to ill health of employees. The checkups also help avoid workplace accidents as they create awareness among employees of health and safety.

Over one hundred organizations across diverse industries in Sri Lanka have benefited from the Asiri mobile health checkups. They have included private sector companies and state organizations in industries such as hotels, chemicals, agriculture, banking, and garments.

In many of these organizations, the health checkup provided by the Asiri mobile clinic was the first time ever that employees have undergone comprehensive health testing, as a preventive measure.

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