By Brown Chimezie
Employers of labour in Nigeria have been urged to prioritize employees’ welfare by ensuring physical wellness and good environment conducive for maximum effectiveness. Mrs. Laura Ade, Chief Operations Officer (COO), Redeemers’ Health Village (RHV), Redemption City of God, Mowe, Ogun State spoke at the weekend in Lagos during a panel discussion at this year’s Masterpiece Resource Development Centre annual entrepreneurs’ conference and trade expo.
According to the RHV Chief Operating officer, from operational point of view, organizations should create employee assistance programmes, provide environment for team bonding, provide regular employee checks: pre-employment and on the job, to ensure sustainable wellness of the workforce. Mrs Ade enjoined cooperate organisations to take advantage of the various discounted employee wellness packages at the Redeemers’ Health Village to ensure that their staffers enjoy healthy body and sound mind. She recalled that RHV held a Day Out for all staff of the organization recently, from consultants to cleaners and gatemen, which enabled everyone to bond together, sit and eat on the same table irrespective of positions in the organization.
Speaking on the role of health care professionals and institutions can play to provide quality health services; Ade said affordability and accessibility are keys to good community health. According to her, Redeemers’ Health Village emphasizes preventive care and wellness and offers a range of affordable healthcare services from counselling to preventive health and treatment across several medical fields such as cardiology, oncology, endoscopy, obstetrics and gynecology, family medicine, pediatrics, intensive care, radiology among other areas. She urged individuals and organization to take advantage of the cutting edge medical facilities at the RHV
Other speakers at the panel include Dr. Toni Adeyemi, Senior Special Assistant to Lagos State Governor on public health, Mrs Vandana Kaushal, Founder, Salt Spa and Wellness Centre, Lagos. Dr. Adeyemi said the Lagos State government has made healthcare affordable through the state health insurance scheme: Ilera eko. This is in addition to upgrading the existing healthcare infrastructure in the state and building new ones especially primary healthcare centres across the state. Mrs Kaushal emphasized the importance of sleep to general wellness and productivity at work adding that people should try to get at least seven hours of sleep every night or nap in the afternoon to complement.
