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207 Hours Overtime: Japanese Man in Kobe Worked to Death (unseen-japan.com)

submitted 1 year ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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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.

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[-] Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee 69 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

207 hours/month = 51.75 hours overtime per week, or a 92.75 hour workweek. Until recently, US residents worked those hours, too (it’s now technically capped at 80 hours, but there are exceptions.)

Medical training is toxic.

[-] Sheltac@lemmy.ml 46 points 1 year ago

80 hours.

What an absolute acid trip of a country.

[-] Chetzemoka@kbin.social 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Find a country where medical residency doesn't work like this. It's an archaic holdover from the 1800s era when student doctors were trained by apprenticeship