7th Oct, 2015 Doha, Qatar: Ooredoo, Qatar’s leading communications company, has today announced it is a Platinum Sponsor of the upcoming 2015 Employee Health & Wellbeing Conference, and will be conducting a workshop on corporate wellness at the event.

Studies show GCC nations are witnessing a significant increase in healthcare spending as they are becoming more and more health conscious. However due to stress, long work durations and poor nutrition, employees are finding it difficult to meet their wellness goals. To combat this creating an onsite-wellness programme has become an important goal for companies across the GCC.

Ahead of the trend, Ooredoo recently unveiled its smart healthcare solutions which include employee health screening via a state-of-the-art PULSE kiosk, and tracking employee wellness activities via a mobile app and web portal.

The company has also launched the world's first Near-Infrared and non-invasive blood circulation technique (HealthGuard-3000 Blood Circulation Analyser) that enables fast and accurate results, checks blood vessel aging, vascular elasticity, ejection time and strength of cardiac output.

The workshop, which will be conducted by Ooredoo representatives will feature live demos of the company’s smart healthcare solutions, and aims to inspire more companies in Qatar to take preventive care of their employees.

Waleed Al Sayed, COO of Ooredoo Qatar, said, “Our smart healthcare solutions have been put in place to help prevent manageable diseases and heal issues for our employees and customers. We believe that our technology and Supernet network can help change lives, and introducing solutions such as these into the market is just one way we are achieving this.”

At the event Sunny Lu Williams, Vice President from Telamon Corporation, and Manoj Menon, Group CIO at SpotCheck, will present a strong case to understand why preventive healthcare and a structured employee driven corporate wellness programmes are paramount for a healthy working environment.

Additionally, Ooredoo will be showing how any wellness programme can gain support and resources by showing how effective it can be once implemented.

The conference will see leading health experts from global establishments presenting case studies and best practices of how successful occupational health strategies are in the long run.

Officially Supported by the Supreme Council of Health, State of Qatar, the Employee Health and Wellbeing Conference is scheduled to take place at the InterContinental Hotel Doha, Qatar, October 11 – 13, 2015.