BookDoc helps companies keep employees fit, healthy

KUALA LUMPUR, July 21 -- Bookdoc, an online healthcare platform, has been contributing to the well-being in the workplace over the last three years by helping Malaysian companies keep their employees fit and healthy through the activ@work challenge fitness programme. 

Bookdoc founder Datuk Chevy Beh said that the activ@work challenge fitness programme has been carried out in collaboration with the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security Organisation (Socso) to focus on promoting health and well-being at workplace. 

“This programme is a result of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) involving diabetes, cardiovascular and respiratory-related complications among Malaysians, which is at a worrying state.  

“The way the programme works is that we compare the company activities level via their steps and measure it against the 10,000 steps a day as stipulated by World Health Organizations (WHO).

“The most steps that we recorded from participating companies is 30,000 steps,” he told Bernama after Workplace Seminar 2020-Activ@Work Challenge 2019 Award ceremony launched by Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri M. Saravanan here, today.

Meanwhile, Socso chief executive officer Datuk Seri Dr Mohammed Azman Aziz Mohammed in his welcoming speech said that the collaboration was aimed at encouraging both employers and employees to be physically active. 

The challenge which entered its third year, has grown from just 132 participating employers in 2017 to 237 in 2019, which also witness participation from the government sector employees.

“We welcome their involvement and hope that more employers from the government sector will join the next challenge,” said Mohammed Azman.

--BERNAMA