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Japanese family says young doctor took his life after working 200 hours overtime in a single month (www.yahoo.com)
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The family of a 26-year-old doctor in Japan who died by suicide last year after working more than 200 hours of overtime in a single month have pleaded for change in a nation long plagued by overwork culture.

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[-] Ado@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

I wonder how much pressure he felt from family to become/remain a doctor. Rest in peace. What a shame to lose someone to something like this

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