The hospital I work at does all kinds of things to help our employees quit smoking (i.e. free classes/support groups, discounted smoking cessation tools--gum, patch, etc.). They also punish employees who smell like smoke while they're at work, and use only designated smoking areas OFF hospital property, punishing those who don't.
Yet this health care organization does little to help and never punishes the numerous morbidly obese employees who work there, when their condition is clearly as great of a health risk. I think it looks peculiar to have doctors, nurses, therapists, and others that look like they've never driven past a donut shop without stopping.
I'm not saying the employees need to look like athletes, but they should at least look like they practice what they preach. I think it would lend more credence to their status as health professionals. Your thoughts?
2007-11-18
14:52:37
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