Night shifts can raise risk of heart

PTI | Jul 27, 2012, 02.54PM IST
LONDON:

Night shift workers are at the highest risk of  heart attacks and strokes because of their unhealthy eating and sleeping habits, a new research has claimed. Researchers from Stroke Prevention & Atherosclerosis Research Centre (SPARC) in London and Ontario found shift workers were almost 25 per cent more likely to suffer and night shift workers run the highest risk of 41per cent, the 'Daily Mail' reported.
The study was published on the British Medical Journal website.

People working shifts also have higher levels of unhealthy behaviours such as eating junk food, sleeping badly and not exercising, which are linked to heart problems. The team analysed the results of 34 studies involving 2,011,935 people to investigate whether shift work was associated with major vascular events. Shift work was defined as evening shifts, irregular or unspecified shifts, mixed schedules, night shifts and rotating shifts, and the studies also contained day workers or the general population for comparison.

Altogether 17,359 had some kind of coronary event, 6,598 had heart attacks and 1,854 had ischemic strokes caused by lack of blood supply to the brain. These events were more common among shift workers
than other people. Shift work was associated with a 23 per cent increased risk of heart attack, 24 per cent rise in coronary events and five per cent extra strokes. These risks remained consistent even after adjusting for factors such as study quality, socioeconomic status and unhealthy behaviours in shift workers. However, shift work was not associated with increased death rates from any cause. Daniel Hackam, Clinical Pharmacologist, Stroke Prevention & Atherosclerosis Research Centre (SPARC) said the relative risks might appear modest, but millions of people do shift work which means the overall risks are high.

"Shift workers should be educated about cardiovascular
symptoms in an effort to forestall or avert the earliest
clinical manifestations of disease," 

The role of a Goods Guard in Indian Railways

The role of a goods guard in Indian railways

Introduction

The role of a goods guard is like a kangaroo carrying its baby in its pocket. It is as important as any other guard’s job. To take care of someone else’s goods, one needs to have a careful nature with an attitude of save and secure. These guards are the ones who efficiently help board the goods at the right time, at the right and unload them in the same manner. These caretakers are the ones because of who supplies of unavailable material in one state is made available. Be it grains, dals, rice we get it all because of them. Coal, wheat, petroleum etc are all moved from one place to another across the country safely in their shade. Goods of people who get transferred every year or two reach safely due to them.

Although goods guard duty changes with timely shift yet it is made sure by all the guards that the goods reach their destination safely. There have been so many cases of goods theft that were made unsuccessful because of these brave guards. They have a high visiting on the goods bogies at each station. After numbering and naming it is these people who keep a check of the goods. They act like Dobermans who are known for their faithful nature. Indian railways cannot survive without these guards. In any weather condition, they stand tall to make sure that we get our stuff on time.

They are no less than territory guards, forest guards, border security guards but guard of the Indian railways.

Role and responsibility of a Goods Guard

Technically, you will be in charge of the train.  You are responsible for assuring yourself that the station master (directly or indirectly) has authorized the departure of the train from the station. The guard has authority to advise the driver to stop the train, or to operate it under his direction, in special circumstances. 

The guard is usually at the rear of the train, and can operate the emergency brake in emergencies. The role of the goods guard in the freights of the Indian Railways is pivotal for secured and safe transition of goods.

With extremely harsh conditions to put up with in a guard coach mostly on four wheels at the end of the carrier, the job of a goods guard is highly challenging. Not only, does it demand toughness in physique, but it also asks for enormous mental strength for very hostile nature of the job.

Hello, Guard of Indian Railways....

Hi, All the Guards of Indian Railways....

Good Morning Every body,

I am D. MANI PAL
working as Goods Guard in SCR,
Guntakal division, Renigunta (RU).

I started this blog for the purpose to share all the

•  Guard's problems
•  ideas
•  views
•  advises
•  latest updates of rules
•  for mutual transfers
•  staff and their family photos and videos
•  and all our happy or sad news.

I started this blog on 28-09-2012.

I have a lot of ideas to develop this blog in such away useful to the Guards of Indian Railways.

I request every one's co-operation to develop this blog.

Kindly post your ideas, advises and news where you are working.

let us enalight our daily problems like... brake van (BV) condition,
seat condition. If you seen any BV with out seat or with a small iron plate, please take a photo with your mobile and send it with BV no. and rly.
let us post all such kind of irregularities.

Please send your personal openions to manipalgdru@gmail.com

Thank you,

Thank you very much.

Hi, Guards.....

Hi, Good morning to all the Guards of Indian Railway,

I am D. MANI PAL
working as Goods Guard
at SCR, Guntakal Division, RENIGUNTA.