Sarim Babar
Sanitary workers face many issues while working in their fields. They face problems in their lives as well. They are looked as the poorest people of society. Unhealthy, uneducated, drug addicted, unethical, low mentality etc. Despite they are men or women. They have many common issues they face in their lives. Countries like Pakistan, India or other third world countries, they face many issues in their lives and in their field job. Major problem they all face is their health issues. Cleaning filth, wastage, and garbage they get a-lot of infections just like hepatitis, Aids and many more. While working they get to in touch with many untidy things and garbage and they don’t have idea who used it before. Which infected person used it. And they are just cleaning it. They also get many injuries as well. They get injured while working. Something like safety kits, blades etc can cut their hand and it also cause infections. While cleaning garbage and other things they get in touch with a lot of things. Which cause diseases. That is also a major thing that people look at them from bad aspect and image. Because the job they are doing is the most ridiculous and unhealthy and untidy one. People who are doing this job, only they know what they are going through. Despite the fact they are doing this job and they are used too, but every one is human and have feelings. Everyone love to live in a really good environment and a healthy life but they are forced by the situations of their lives. They are totally uneducated and don’t know anything. So they only get this physical work jobs. Many people die in these jobs as well. Because they are getting in direct contact with the infections and injuries etc. So their infection rate is high and death rate too. One other reason of their deaths is because they don’t have money for their proper treatments. They don’t have enough money that from which they can eat food, pay rents, pay bills, children education fee and at the end they don’tleft with anything that they can go for their treatments and take expensive medicines. If they do all that so, their other expenses are compromised. So they just don’t take these things serious. Female workers also have issues like they are pregnant and they have to go to work so that they can make money. They aren’t able to sit home idle for 9 months. They have to get out of their home and work hard. No matter it’s rainy, its windy, it’s -10 outside or its 40C. They have to work otherwise they will be fired from their job. And won’t be able to make money. These situations make their lives so tough that they are forced by situations to work in hardest times also. Women also have miscarriage issues as well. They are pregnant and they are working in worst scenarios as well. So in those cases they get miscarriages issues. They also get health issues because all the nutrition they are taking in, is all used by them in their field while working hard. And their child don’t get good nutrition. And that cause stunt growth. They are born unhealthy as well. Women working in fields don’t make good money so they eat normal or sub standard food. So in that scenario they are unhealthy and kid as well. Which is a big issue for them as well. Women also face issues in which they have kids and leave them home alone, and they are working out for their living. She have to give them breakfast early morning and then go for job. Coming back and again taking care of them. But while they are out for a day. No one’s there to take care of them if any members is not at home. She also have to maintain house, if she have a husband she have to give him food as well. It’s very tough for a women if she’s working out. Especially if she is all alone and a single mother. Sames goes if a man is separated, and he has kids. He also have to go through from the same procedure everyday. And until unless kids are grown and they can manage themselves and independent. They also have many safety issues. Safety issues in terms of their health as well. They are not safe. Working on roads and on drains we well. Most of the times they don’t have proper safety gear. In that scenario they are in danger zone. They don’t have Personal Protective Kits also known as PPE kits. In which they wear mask, body suits, gloves and safety shoes. This kits helps a lot to get safe from the direct contact with the filth and garbages. Gloves keep them safe from all those medical syringe, blades which are dangerous for health. Many sanitary workers are carrying infections and injuries. And because of them that transfers to their children and people at home as well. And due to lac of resource they are unable to take care of it and go to a proper doctor and take medication. Sanitary people have serious financial issues. They work whole day and make some amount of money. Which is all used by the end of the day in their food, bills, rents, utilities and kids education. And they use everything cheap to save money. And still they don’t have money left behind. They save money so that they can pay their basic necessities. Unfortunatelythat’s one of the reason that they can’t put money on their health. If they are sick or infected, they don’t have money to go to the doctor and take medicines. They don’t have money for treatments. And that cause the transfer of infections to their home mates. Just like hepatitis etc. So that is also one reason of disease and deaths. Due to financial issues they are unable to live in hygienic and clean environment areas as well. They live in the the villages out side the city. Or they sleep on the roads or somewhere like that. So in that scenario they also get effected as well due to living in harsh weathers and on roads. Where they have no shelter to save them. Where stray dogs and cats are roaming around and same place they are sleeping. Sanitary people are mostly uneducated and they live their lives by putting their lives in danger by cleaning cities so that rich and middle class people can enjoy their lives. In this scenario they put their lives in danger and infections. But most of these people try their best that their children study. Go to school so that in future they don’t need to do the same thing which their parents are doing. So that they can do something at least better than this. They also try their best that their children eat good food and live a good life. But because they are making too much less amount of money that they are unable to fulfil their basic needs they can’t afford a better lifestyle. Sanitary people also go the homes and they clean drains of their houses. All the garbage which is put in the dust bins. Is all picked up by them and they manage to dump it. Using brooms they clean roads, walking pathways, parks, markets etc. Sanitary people are the people who are behind all the cleanliness of the cities so that rich and middle class people can live their lives healthy and peacefully. Society should accept them and appreciate them, that in least salary they are managing to clean the cities for other people. Because at the end they live on roads. Benefit is going to the rich people who need to have good cities and maintained cities. Society should accept them and appreciate their efforts. Government must help them, in their health, kids education and financial issues. So that at least they live a healthy life and their children can study and they don’t do the same thing which their parents are doing to live. They should get a travel allowance so that they don’t need to pay daily money to the local transport. They should get free health insurance so that when ever they get infected they get a proper and good treatment. So that their infection don’t get transferred to their children. And their children can live a healthy life as well. This will help them to save money and also they by saving money they can make small assets just like a motor bike or anything which will be helpful for them. Because they are behind the good and clean land environment.
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