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1) The document is an EHS alert from Toshiba Thermal & Hydro Power Systems Company that provides a transcript of a discussion between employees and a heart specialist on how to take care of heart health. 2) The specialist provides various tips to maintain heart health including exercising regularly, controlling weight and blood pressure, quitting smoking, and having regular health checkups after age 30. 3) The discussion covers topics like effects of diet, exercise, stress, and heredity on heart conditions.

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Toshiba Ehs Alert: Toshiba Thermal & Hydro Power Systems Company

1) The document is an EHS alert from Toshiba Thermal & Hydro Power Systems Company that provides a transcript of a discussion between employees and a heart specialist on how to take care of heart health. 2) The specialist provides various tips to maintain heart health including exercising regularly, controlling weight and blood pressure, quitting smoking, and having regular health checkups after age 30. 3) The discussion covers topics like effects of diet, exercise, stress, and heredity on heart conditions.

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TOSHIBA INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED

TOSHIBA THERMAL & HYDRO POWER SYSTEMS COMPANY

TOSHIBA EHS ALERT


Vol-1, Issue 10
EHS QUOTE
EHS GOAL

AUGUST 05 , 2011

: Its better to lose


: ZERO INCIDENTS

a minute in life than life in a minute

EHS TOOL BOX TALK SERIES : (YOU & YOUR HEALTH) TAKE CARE OF YOUR HEART
A chat with Dr.Devi Shetty , Narayana Hrudayalaya
( Heart Specialist) Bangalore was arranged by WIPRO for its employees .The transcript of the chat is given below. Useful for everyone.
Q: What are the thumb rules for a layman to take care of his heart?
A:
1. Diet - Less of carbohydrate, more of protein, less oil
2. Exercise - Half an hour's walk, at least five days a week; avoid lifts and avoid sitting for a longtime
3. Quit smoking
4. Control weight
5. Control blood pressure and sugar
Q: Is eating non-veg food (fish) good for the heart?
A: No
Q: It's still a grave shock to hear that some apparently healthy person
gets a cardiac arrest. How do we understand it in perspective?
A: This is called silent attack; that is why we recommend everyone past the age of 30 to undergo routine health checkups.
Q: Are heart diseases hereditary?
A: Yes
Q: What are the ways in which the heart is stressed? What practices do you suggest to de-stress?
A: Change your attitude towards life. Do not look for perfection in everything in life.
Q: Is walking better than jogging or is more intensive exercise required to keep a healthy heart?A: Walking is better than jogging since jogging leads to early
fatigue and injury to joints .
Q: You have done so much for the poor and needy. What has inspired you to do so?
A: Mother Theresa , who was my patient.
Q: Can people with low blood pressure suffer heart diseases?
A: Extremely rare
Q: Does cholesterol accumulates right from an early age (I'm currently only 22) or do you have to worry about it only after you are above 30 years of age?
A: Cholesterol accumulates from childhood.
Q: How do irregular eating habits affect the heart ?
A: You tend to eat junk food when the habits are irregular and your body's enzyme release for digestion gets confused.
Q: How can I control cholesterol content without using medicines?
A: Control diet, walk and eat walnut.
Q: Can yoga prevent heart ailments?
A: Yoga helps.
Q: Which is the best and worst food for the heart?
A: Fruits and vegetables are the best and the worst is oil.
Q: Which oil is better - groundnut, sunflower, olive?
A: All oils are bad .
Q: What is the routine checkup one should go through? Is there any specific test?
A: Routine blood test to ensure sugar, cholesterol is ok. Check BP, Treadmill test after an echo.
Q: What are the first aid steps to be taken on a heart attack?
A: Help the person into a sleeping position , place an aspirin tablet under the tongue with a sorbitrate tablet if available, and rush him to a coronary care unit
since the maximum casualty takes place within the first hour.
Q: How do you differentiate between pain caused by a heart attack and that caused due to gastric trouble?
A: Extremely difficult without ECG.
Q: What is the main cause of a steep increase in heart problems amongst youngsters? I see people of about 30-40 yrs of age having heart attacks and serious
heart problems.
A: Increased awareness has increased incidents. Also, sedentary lifestyles, smoking, junk food, lack of exercise in a country where people are genetically three
times more vulnerable for heart attacks than EuropeA and AmericA.
Q: Is it possible for a person to have BP outside the normal range of 120/80 and yet be perfectly healthy?
A: Yes.
Q: Marriages within close relatives can lead to heart problems for the child. Is it true?
A : Yes, co-sanguinity leads to congenital abnormalities and you may not have a software engineer as a child
Q: Many of us have an irregular daily routine and many a times we have to stay late nights in office. Does this affect our heart ? What precautions would you
recommend?
A : When you are young, nature protects you against all these irregularities. However, as you grow older, respect the biological clock.
Q: Will taking anti-hypertensive drugs cause some other complications (short / long term)?
A : Yes, most drugs have some side effects. However, modern anti-hypertensive drugs are extremely safe.
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TOSHIBA THERMAL AND HYDRO POWER SYSTEMS COMPANY- EHS ALERT

TOSHIBA INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED


TOSHIBA THERMAL & HYDRO POWER SYSTEMS COMPANY
Q: Will consuming more coffee/tea lead to heart attacks?
A : No.
Q: Are asthma patients more prone to heart disease?
A : No.
Q: How would you define junk food?
A : Fried food like Kentucky , McDonalds , samosas, and even masala dosas.
Q: You mentioned that IndiA are three times more vulnerable. What is the reason for this, as EuropeA and AmericA also eat a lot of junk food?
A: Every race is vulnerable to some disease and unfortunately, IndiA are vulnerable for the most expensive disease.
Q: Does consuming bananas help reduce hypertension?
A : No.
Q: Can a person help himself during a heart attack (Because we see a lot of forwarded emails on this)?
A : Yes. Lie down comfortably and put an aspirin tablet of any description under the tongue and ask someone to take you to the nearest coronary care
unit without any delay and do not wait for the ambulance since most of the time, the ambulance does not turn up.
Q: Do, in any way, low white blood cells and low hemoglobin count lead to heart problems?
A : No. But it is ideal to have normal hemoglobin level to increase your exercise capacity.
Q: Sometimes, due to the hectic schedule we are not able to exercise. So, does walking while doing daily chores at home or climbing the stairs in the
house, work as a substitute for exercise?
A : Certainly. Avoid sitting continuously for more than half an hour and even the act of getting out of the chair and going to another chair and sitting
helps a lot.
Q: Is there a relation between heart problems and blood sugar?
A: Yes. A strong relationship since diabetics are more vulnerable to heart attacks than non-diabetics.
Q: What are the things one needs to take care of after a heart operation?
A : Diet, exercise, drugs on time , Control cholesterol, BP, weight.
Q: Are people working on night shifts more vulnerable to heart disease when compared to day shift workers?
A : No.
Q: What are the modern anti-hypertensive drugs?
A : There are hundreds of drugs and your doctor will chose the right combination for your problem, but my suggestion is to avoid the drugs and go for
natural ways of controlling blood pressure by walk, diet to reduce weight and changing attitudes towards lifestyles.
Q: Does dispirin or similar headache pills increase the risk of heart attacks?
A : No.
Q: Why is the rate of heart attacks more in men than in women?
A : Nature protects women till the age of 45.
Q: How can one keep the heart in a good condition?
A : Eat a healthy diet, avoid junk food, exercise everyday, do not smoke and, go for health checkup s if you are past the age of 30 ( once in six months
recommended)...

ANSWER OF LAST WEEK


QUIZ

1. B
2. D
3. A
4. C
5. B
6. D
7. B
8. C
9. D
10. C
11. A
12. B

While you start your work spare some minutes and try to check the following. Some simple
steps may make your day happy and help accomplish your task in a safer way
THE SAFE WAY TO WORK
START, THINK ABOUT THE DANGER, PREPARE CARRY OUT TASK:
Consider job hazards Consider environment hazards
Decide on precautions to be taken
Put on appropriate safety gears
Assemble correct tools and equipment, inspect for service ability
Position DANGER WARNING notices, safety barriers as required
Remove any loose equipment from area, which might cause a hazard.
Erect safety equipment as required (i.e. chip guard, protective screen)
Position equipment and route any electric, pneumatic or hydraulic cables in safest
possible way
Work to a logical sequence Always
use correct tool
NEVER IMPROVISE ON TOOLS
CLEAR ON COMPLETION FINISH
COLLECT TOOLS Return equipment to store or bay
Remove notices, safety barriers, safety equipment
Replace any loose equipment moved

Respect, Save and


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TOSHIBA THERMAL AND HYDRO POWER SYSTEMS COMPANY- EHS ALERT

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