“The earth and the sky so huge
You can see them meet so far!
You try to catch the place!
But then realise it’s as far as the star!”
Have you realised that the most dangerous area of your house is the toilet and the most dangerous fluid is water!
Intrigued!? Read on!…
The first thing we have always been taught to do is to wash our legs or at least remove the shoes and keep them outside! You can never wear the outside shoes or footwear and walk inside the house!
The fact that most of the places had some reverence was the added thrust! We cannot imagine wearing those shoes inside! This was so good since of course is a matter of hygiene.
Furthermore you may wear slippers but they would be slippers for the house and then you have another set of slippers which were only for the toilet! The ones for the toilet or the Bathroom slippers would always be firm rubber slippers with good grip!
This is because it has been found that the toilet is one of the most dangerous room of your house! In fact in many of our houses the toilets would not have firm locks by design and in any case the children toilets would not have locks or would not be locked from inside as a rule.
The other thing we were always careful about was the spill! If you spill water you must clean it immediately or at least put a cloth over it! Spilling water was an emergency of sorts! This is because water is colourless! You cannot see water and as Bon Jovi says’ “It is definitely slippery when wet!”.
These practices are very important since water and floor have been associated with over 2.135 million hospital visits every year!
Nearly 2,000 deaths resulted from floor-related injuries in the home in 2022!
That’s more than double the deaths caused by anything else in the home!
The high risk is for the extremes of population and a slippery floor.
For those with preexisting conditions or at high risk, a fall can also reveal or trigger a problem that becomes fatal. We have often advised patients with giddiness that most of the peripheral vertigo is usually not life threatening. But the fall may be fatal.
Another dangerous area of the house are the Stairs or steps with around 1.027 million hospital visits and Beds or bed frames which recorded 912,000 hospital visits!
In fact Beds and bed frames aren’t just a risk for adults. They are linked to more than 80,000 injuries among children under 2 years old annually making them a more dangerous object for young kids than almost anything else in the home.
Finally a dangerous combination of slippery floor and closed space is the Bathtubs or showers! Plus we tend to ignore the lights of the toilet and give very little space when actually it should be one of the most important room!
Important reminds me of an important celebrity Raj Kapoor whose movies were a treat to watch!
Now mop the spills and sleep!
Shubh ratri!
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