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Nov 28, 2010

TRUCKERS' HEALTH * South Africa - Healthcare a priority for trucking industry

Truck drivers is now under threat from the impact of poor health and the shortened life span

Pretoria,SA -Engineering News, by Henry Lazenby and Brindaveni Naidoo -19 November 2010: -- Mercedes-Benz South Africa (MBSA) reports that the once stable industry of about 70,000 South African truck drivers is now under threat from the impact of poor health and the shortened life span of its driving workforce... MBSA reports that the effects of HIV/Aids can be seen in the constant search to replace drivers lost through high absenteeism, disability or death. The result is trucks are left standing, reducing earning potential or, worse, driving once thriving transport companies to closure and inevitable job losses...  In response to the impending crisis, MBSA launched its Trucking Wellness programme, in partnership with various national and provincial role-players. Together with a truck body builder, Trucking Wellness buys and converts panel vans into mobile clinics...  The campaign provides treatment and support for truckers and their families, and for sex workers involved in the trucking industry... The roadside wellness centre consists of two modified 6-m containers. One container is fully equipped with medication and staffed by a qualified nursing sister, who provides healthcare and counselling to patients suffering from STIs. A second container is equipped for use as an awareness education and training facility...  Twenty roadside wellness centres have been established along the national trucking routes in provinces across South Africa...  Trucking Wellness MD Tertius Wessels conclude: “The bottom line is that government cannot do it alone, especially in the trucking industry. Government depends on the industry to move people and goods safely around the country to self-regulate the industry and make recommendations to government for improvements” ...   (Picture by: MBSA - MOBILE CLINIC Trucking wellness buys and converts panel vans into mobile clinics)

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