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Title ANALYSIS OF HEALTH AND SAFETY MECHANISMS OF SANITARY WORKERS DURING COVID-19: A CASE STUDY OF PUBLIC SECTOR HOSPITALS IN ISLAMABAD

Author(s) JAWARIA ASLAM

Abstract In the hospitals most sanitary workers are less concerned with their health and safety. This study goal is to study health and safety challenges faced by sanitary workers in public sector hospitals of Islamabad. A random sampling technique was used for selecting 200 respondents for the study. Well-structured questionnaires, interviews, and field observations were used for data collection, which were afterward analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences V20. The study showed that all the respondents faced safety, health, and discrimination in working and health related challenges. About 96.4% experienced waist and back pains. About 71.4% were not provided with personal protective equipment (PPEs) for their work during COVID-19. None of the effects of the job dissatisfaction were found in the sanitary workers performance. Sanitary workers are unsung heroes who have risked their lives for the betterment of public during COVID-19. They are aimed at keeping the environment clean plus preventing the transmission of diseases. They are the key people answerable for tidiness of the country. My study focuses on health and safety challenges of sanitary workers during COVID-19 in public sector hospitals of Islamabad. In the times of pandemic their health is at stake and no one is bothered about their health issues. There is a need to make sanitary workers aware of the health problems they are facing and the hospitals need to make sure they are in good health. Sanitary workers must be provided with personal protective equipment and insisted to use it properly. Regular medical check-up, vaccination and follow up are very important for them.

Type Thesis/Dissertation MS

Faculty Management Sciences

Department Governance and Public Policy

Language English

Publication Date 2023-02-28

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