207 Hours Overtime: Japanese Man in Kobe Worked to Death - Unseen Japan
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A medical resident worked 207 hours of overtime in a month. His case highlights Japan's continuing problem with karoshi - death by overwork.

A medical resident worked 207 hours of overtime in a month. His case highlights Japan’s continuing problem with karoshi - death by overwork.

  • roguetrick@kbin.social
    32·
    1 year ago

    The key here is medical resident. They’re abused in every country and forced sleep on call in the hospital and pay is shit compared to attendings.

    • Chetzemoka@kbin.social
      23·
      1 year ago

      This shit right here. We need to completely overhaul the medical residency system. Corporations are literally killing these workers for profit and the hazing culture of medicine continues to ignore that fact.

      • philpo@feddit.de
        3·
        1 year ago

        Yeah, let’s not forget that the residency system was designed by someone who took massive amounts of cocaine…and back then the concentration of work was not nearly as bad…