The Hyderabad City Police begins a paradigm shift in prioritising health and wellness of its workforce and wards, with the launch of “Fitcop” app, which provides on-demand access to an array of health resources and guidance, support from doctors, therapists at the push-of a button. Amidst hundreds of officers who have turned up to the occasion along with their family members,Chief guest Smt.Lalita Anand, wife of CP CV Anand, launched Fitcop at TSPICCC auditorium– grand hybrid launch with all staff officers of city police connected to the program virtually.
Infact the idea to develop an exclusive & customised health app for police personnel came in response to her self-transformational journey, using a health care service provider app based in pune, from a diabetic to completely becoming ailment free and enjoying health. While sharing her experiences, she urged the spouses of police officers to support them by all means by switching to healthy diet and habits.
Featuring an AV which highlighted the hardships of police duties – the city police chief explained the circumstances which prompted to develop the app. In March 2022,the city police entered into MOU with Helping Hand foundation and tasked them to take up a health survey in all police stations of west zone.The post-facto analysis revealed that 60 percent of staff are suffering from life-style diseases and BMIs are beyond reasonable limits. “Taking cue from these statistics, we envisioned to put up a monitoring mechanism which ensures results.”CP Anand added.
Explaining the features of the app, he said that FITCOP was developed on the underlying schema of 3 Ds – Diagnose,Develop and Do - where in every unit officer will be diagnosed. Based on the medical parameters, the Helping Hand Foundation develops a road map to get rid of the medical comorbidities and maps them to a dietician, physical training instructor or a counsellor or doctor through in-app chat/call service. The daily physical activity and the progress made by the staff will be translated into a digital dashboard and supervised by the superior officers. HHF team.
“Good health improves productivity, enhances decision-making which fosters collective success of the department and benefits the society it serves.As the leaders of the force, it is our duty to take care of your welfare.” said Mr.Anand.
Homeguards Perayya , Brahmanaidu and constable padma who were among the network of more than 1300 officers who participated in the beta testing of the app shared their testimonials.
A health expo was also organised which featured various products and services in the stalls manned by the representatives of fitness equipment manufacturers, diagnostic companies, medical experts, therapists, health insurance providers etc.,
Mr.Anand lauded the efforts of Mujtaba Askari,Helping Hand Foundation; Mr.Ramesh,Jt.CP Admin; Smt.Sirisha Raghavendra, Addl.DCP(SHE teams & Bharosa); Raghavendra, IT-cell Inspector; and the app developers.
Sri.Vikram Singh Mann, IPS Addl.CP. L&O, Sri.AR Srinivas IPS Addl.CP Crimes & SIT, Sri.M.Vishwa Prasad IPS Jt.CP Special Branch, Sri.M.Ramesh IPS Jt.CP Admn, Sri. Kartikeya IPS Jt.CP CAR Hqtrs, Sri.AV Ranganath IPS Jt.CP Traffic, Sri.Gajarao Bhupal, IPS Jt.CP CCS, and other officers were present.
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