That's an extra 50 hours a week. Like more than a regular full time job of overtime. No idea how people survive it - they used to by progidious use of uppers like cocaine and amphetamines, but now all these docs aren't allowed that but still have to do the same shitty hours.

Damn, that's about six and a half hours of overtime every day for the entire month. That's a whole extra job and change. This man had no time to do anything for himself unless it ate away at his time to sleep. Doctors already work ridiculously long shifts, so I guarantee he was sleep deprived. I'd kill myself, too. That's no way to live.

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

Unfortunately this is all too common. I had the privilege of spending a month in Japan with a host family and their work/life balance makes living in the US feel like Scandinavia. It's certainly improved since the 2000s, but not by much.

Not to proselytize too much, but Japan, S. Korea, and China seem to be working themselves to death

Edit: I should clarify that I meant young people taking their lives because of the work culture is too common. 200 overtime hours in a month is certainly not normal.

Did he fucking sleep at work? Japanese culture requires usually an hour before and after work that isn't considered overtime and isn't paid although this practice is becoming more rare or lessening to 30 minutes. It may have been even worse than quoted here if they did not take that into account as his "overtime"