Just wanted to share with you  in case you have not seen this article. Take care of your health..

What killed Ranjan Das and Lessons for Corporate India

A month ago, many of us heard about the sad demise of Ranjan Das from Bandra , Mumbai. Ranjan , just 42 years of age, was the CEO of SAP-Indian Subcontinent, the youngest CEO of an MNC in India . He was very active in sports, was a fitness freak and a marathon runner. It was common to see him run on Bandra’s Carter Road . Just after Diwali , on 21st Oct, he returned home from his gym after a workout, collapsed with a massive heart attack and died. He is survived by his wife and two very young kids.

It was certainly a wake-up call for corporate India . However, it was even more disastrous for runners amongst us. Since Ranjan was an avid marathoner (in Feb 09, he ran Chennai Marathon at the same time some of us were running Pondicherry Marathon 180 km away), the question came as to why an exceptionally active, athletic person succumb to heart attack at 42 years of age.

Was it the stress?

A couple of you called me asking about the reasons. While Ranjan had mentioned that he faced a lot of stress, that is a common element in most of our lives. We used to think that by being fit, one can conquer the bad effects of stress. So I doubted if the cause was stress.

The Real Reason

However, everyone missed out a small line in the reports that Ranjan used to make do with 4-5 hours of sleep. This is an earlier interview of Ranjan on NDTV in the program ‘Boss’ Day Out’:

http://connect.in.com/ranjan-das/play-video-boss-day-out-ranjan-das-of-sap-india-229111-807ecfcf1ad966036c289b3ba6c376f2530d7484.html

Here he himself admits that he would love to get more sleep (and that he was not proud of his ability to manage without sleep, contrary to what others extolled).

The Evidence

Last week, I was interacting with a well-known cardiologist on a talk about ‘Heart Disease caused by Lack of Sleep’. While I cannot share the video nor the slides because of confidentiality reasons, I have distilled the key points below in the hope it will save some of our lives.

Some Excerpts:

·         Short sleep duration (<5 or 5-6 hours) increased risk for high BP by 350% to 500% compared to those who slept longer than 6 hours per night. Paper published in 2009.

As you know, high BP kills.

·         Young people (25-49 years of age) are twice as likely to get high BP if they sleep less. Paper published in 2006.

·         Individuals who slept less than 5 hours a night had a 3-fold increased risk of heart attacks . Paper published in 1999.

·         Complete and partial lack of sleep increased the blood concentrations of High sensitivity C-Reactive Protein ( hs-cRP ), the strongest predictor of heart attacks. Even after getting adequate sleep later, the levels stayed high!!

·         Just one night of sleep loss increases very toxic substances in body such as Interleukin-6 (IL-6), Tumour Necrosis Factor-Alpha (TNF-alpha) and C-reactive protein ( cRP ). They increase risks of many medical conditions, including cancer, arthritis and heart disease . Paper published in 2004.

·         Sleeping for <=5 hours per night leads to 39% increase in heart disease. Sleeping for <=6 hours per night leads to 18% increase in heart disease. Paper published in 2006.

Ideal Sleep

For lack of space, I cannot explain here the ideal sleep architecture. But in brief, sleep is composed of two stages: REM (Rapid Eye Movement) and non-REM. The former helps in mental consolidation while the latter helps in physical repair and rebuilding . During the night, you alternate between REM and non-REM stages 4-5 times.

The earlier part of sleep is mostly non-REM. During that period, your pituitary gland releases growth hormones that repair your body. The latter part of sleep is more and more REM type.

For you to be mentally alert during the day, the latter part of sleep is more important. No wonder when you wake up with an alarm clock after 5-6 hours of sleep , you are mentally irritable throughout the day ( lack of REM sleep ). And if you have slept for less than 5 hours , your body is in a complete physical mess ( lack of non-REM sleep), you are tired throughout the day, moving like a zombie and your immunity is way down (I’ve been there, done that )

Finally, as long-distance runners, you need an hour of extra sleep to repair the running related damage.

In conclusion:

Barring stress control, Ranjan Das did everything right: eating proper food, exercising ( marathoning !), maintaining proper weight. But he missed getting proper and adequate sleep, minimum 7 hours. In my opinion, that killed him.

If you are not getting enough sleep (7 hours), you are playing with fire, even if you have low stress.

I always took pride in my ability to work 50 hours at a stretch whenever the situation warranted. But I was so spooked after seeing the scientific evidence last week that since Saturday night, I ensure I do not even set the alarm clock under 7 hours. Now, that is a nice excuse to get some more sleep.

Unfortunately, Ranjan Das is not alone when it comes to missing sleep. Many of us are doing exactly the same, perhaps out of ignorance. Please forward this mail to as many of your colleagues as possible, especially those who might be short-changing their sleep. If we can save even one young life because of this email, I would be the happiest person on earth.

ps : Incidentally, just as human beings need 7 hours of sleep, you should know that cats need 15 hours of sleep and horses need 3 hours of it. So are you planning to be a cool cat or a dumb horse?

We are waiting for the Minister to announce for the opening of the Phase 1 stretch.
The E22 Phase 1 will be the route from the Senai air hub to the Pasir Gudang interchange (Tanjung Langsat).
Meanwhile, the E22 Phase 2, from Cahaya Baru to Desaru, is expected to be opened in early 2010.

Attached, kindly find our map which shows all the interchange to ease your journey.  This map shows the entry and exit route of each interchanges.

There will be a free trial run for the public once open to get the public to familiarize E22.

Here is some extra information regarding the distances and time of travel using the E22:

• Senai to Ulu Tiram Interchange = 23km (approximately 13 minutes journey at 110km/hr speed)
• Ulu Tiram to Cahaya Baru Interchange = 20km (approximately 10 minutes journey at 110km/hr speed)
• Cahaya Baru to Pasir Gudang Interchange = 7km (approximately 4 minutes journey at 110km/hr speed)
• Cahaya Baru to Penawar (Desaru) Interchange = 27km (approximately 18 minutes journey at 90km/hr speed)

Therefore,

• Senai to Cahaya Baru may takes you approximately 23 minutes at 110km/hr speed
• Senai to Pasir Gudang may takes you approximately 27 minutes at 110km/hr speed
• Senai to Penawar (Desaru) may takes you approximately 41 minutes at 90-110km/hr speed

Selama  Sebulan (No Overtime!! and No Replacement!!! ). Maka Dgn ini ingin diberikan sedikit Pesanan kepada MANUSIA :

- Kalau dok beratur panjang di Kedai Mamak di waktu puncak -Bukan yang suruh!!

-Kalau ada Runner dok tolong beli Bekalan - Dia takdak kena mengena dgn !!!

- Kalau tak reti2 nak buat amal ibadat - Bukan yang dok bagi hampa MALAS tau!!

- Kalau dok pakai terdedah sana-sini - Bukan yang suruh dan bukan yang suruh tengok..!!

- Kalau dok pi berkepit sana-sini dgn marka siang malam - Bukan yang bagi line!!

- Kalau dok Boros sangat shopping Raya - Bukan yang suruh!!

- Kalau dok tak habis2 mengata orang - Bukan yang bagi idea!!

- Kalau tak habis2 dok berdengki & busuk hati kat orang - Memang bukan yang dok cucuk!!

Maka MANUSIA, ambillah peluang ini untuk UPGRADE kan Diri anda, KENALI lah Diri Anda, BERBUAT BAIK lah dan SUCI kanlah Diri Anda.

Kumpulkanlah Pahala sebanyak mungkin……….Renungkanlah..Adakah masa ini yang paling sesuai untuk BERUBAH…

Jangan lupa Bayar Zakat Fitrah tau!!!…..Ada juga yg dok merungut Zakat mahal …..Ini pun takdak kena mengena dgn tau!!..

Tolonglah Manusia ooiii…….Kalau Semua dah  Beriman dan ikut Jalan yang Benar…kami punya kerja pun kurangla sikit….Kamipun dah letih Overtime….

Akhir kata - SELAMAT BERPUASA Dan BERIBADAT ……………………. We Will be Back to Office after Ramadhan ….he..he

Apa itu H1N1?

viral novel influenza type A H1N1. ianya berasal dr virus avian flu (selsema burung H5N1) yang telah menjangkiti babi @ khinzir dan telah bergabung dengan swine flu (yg sepatutnya hanya menjangkit ternakan babi sahaja) dan telah evaluasi (mutasi) untuk penyesuaian diri di dalam ‘host’ yg lebih tinggi di dlm rantaian makanan @ manusia. dan semasa di dlm badan manusia, sekali lagi ia berevolusi supaya ia menjadi ‘air born’ dan menjangkit dr manusia kpd manusia.

Jangka hayat virus

Oleh kerana ia adalah viurs yg air born, ia hanya boleh bertahan di udara selama 2 hingga 8 jam sahaja. jika selepas tempoh tersebut ia idak mendapat perumah @ host( badan manusia) ia akan mati.

Maka bilik yang dibiarkan selama 24 jam dengan air ventilation yg baik…..akan ‘bersih’ dr virus tersebut.

Apa yg perlu tahu ?

Sebenarnya telah terdapat outbrake di US sebelum terjadi outbrake di mexico tp tidak dilaporkan kpd WHO. kemungkinan outbrake ini telah dikesan dan US mahu ‘baling batu sembunyi tangan’ lalu tercetus la outbrake di mexico .

Virologi virus H1N1 incubation period yg singkat pada purata 2 hari dgn julat 1 - 4 hari ini bermakna ia cepat menyerang badan manusia setelah ia menjangkit pesakit.

Pesakit akan menunjukkan simptom selepas 1 hari dijangkit paling cepat dan selewat2nya hari ke-4. H1N1 sebenarnya adalah selsema biasa namun kpd pesakit yg berisiko, ia dapat membunuh. jika pesakit adalah seorang yg normal, ia hanya akan memberi kesan seperti demam selsema biasa dan batuk.

Cara serangan

Virus ini boleh disebarkan melalui batuk, bersin dan percakapan virus ini akan menyerang sistem pernafasan ( seperti selsema burung dan SARS) peringkat awal, ia hanya pada ‘trakea’ jika tidak mendapat rawatan awal, ia akan menyerang paru2 dan boleh menyebabkan kematian akibat ‘lung collapse’ ia amat merbahaya kpd golongan yg berisiko tinggi.

Siapa yang berisiko

1.orang yg ada masaalah ‘obesiti’ @ gemok

2. perempuan yg mengandung

3 .orang yg ada astmatic

4 . orang2 yg bermasalah dgn sistem imunisasi ( menjalani ‘operation yg besar’, kanak2 yg belum cukup suntikan imunisasi, golongan2 yg rendah tahap imuniti eg. HIV ext.)

* kematian yg telah dilaporkan terdiri drpd golongan2 di atas

Simptom2

day 1 - rasa kurang sihat, tak bermaya

day 2 - selsema, batuk dan demam yg kekal ( demam tidak turun walaupun telah mkn ubt demam)

day 3 - rasa kurang selesa di bahagian dada dan sesak nafas

day 4 - sakit dada yg teruk……. .jumpa doktor dengan segera….. .

day 5 and above lung collapse @ koma

Langkah2 kawalan

1 - golongan2 yg berisiko, elakakn drpd kesesakan ( kawasan yg padat dgn orang ramai)

2 - menjaga kebersihan diri, basuh tangan selalu dan dgn betul, jaga kebersihan rumah dan persekitaran

3 - elakkan diri jika terdapat ‘orang batuk, bersin dan kurang sihat’

4 - jika kurang sihat, elakan diri dr beraktiviti (sosial dan berkumpulan)

5 - jika kurang sihat dan ada ILI ( influenza light illness @ selsema biasa) jgn hadirkan diri di kawasan orang ramai. jika terpaksa, pakai ‘mask’ (sekurang2 nya 3 ply mask)

6 - utk org yg sihat, elakkan dr kawasan yg padat.

7 - jika ada tanda2 simptom diatas, segera ke hospital untuk pemeriksaan dan rawatan

8 - jika sihat, jgn ke hospital atau klinik utk ‘checkup’ kerana di kawasan tersebut mengandungi bnyk virus.

9 - tak perlu ambil anti-viral @ apa2 ubt influenza!!! !!!!!!!. jika sihat dan mengambilnya, akn mengakibatkan resistan kpd vaksin @ ubt2 untuk merawat jika terkena jangkitan. ini adalah kerana berlakunya resistansi virus terhadap persekitaran badan yg telah mengambil ubt2 tersebut terlebih awal.

10 - vaksin hanya akan ‘wujud’ seawal2nya pada oktober dan hanya utk ‘frontliner’ shj. dan utk awam selewat2nya pada 2010.

11 utk makluman, influenza test hanya dijalankan di 2 makmal shj di malaysia . mengambil masa 6 jam utk run test kpd 1 batch sample. jika klinik menyatakan mereka boleh jlnkan ujian, itu tidak betul. tak perlu ambil suntikan seasonal influenza kerana ia tidak berkaitan.

12 - tahap kesedaran dan pengetahuan yg tinggi amat perlu utk kita sama2 menghadapi outbreak ini.

Sama2lah kita berdoa kpd ALLAH s.w.t agar bala ini cepat berlalu.Amin.

Ini adalah sumber dr taklimat H1N1 oleh pengarah kawalan penyakit berjangkit dr kem. kesihatan m’siadi Pan Pasific Klia pada 01.08.2009.

The captain of a passenger plane flying from Brussels to New York has died mid-flight while operating the aircraft.

The pilot died aboard Continental Flight 61, a Boeing 777 with 247 passengers on board.

The plane’s co-pilot immediately took over the aircraft’s controls, US aviation authorities said.

The jet landed safely at Newark Airport, just outside New York City in New Jersey, at approximately 1652 BST. It left Brussels, Belgium, at 0945 BST.

A spokesman for Continental said: “The captain of Continental flight 61, which was en route from Brussels to Newark, died in flight, apparently of natural causes.

The pilot, 61, was based at Newark and had worked for Continental for 21 years, the airline said.

What a coincidence! The captain of Continental flight 61, died while flying the plane at the age of 61!

Today’s very interesting number is 61.

Read the full news here.

If the test successful, this will prove that under any condition, with all of the unexpected variables, the car can still be controlled and avoid any unwanted scene. The outcome of this experiment will result in a whole new driving experience. The technology can be applied to the normal car in which if the car is out of control, the system can take over and steer it back into safety.

And this will be the real Knight Rider’s KITT…

Watch video here