[Japon] COVID-19 front-line doctors at Tokyo hospital describe hellish working conditions

Auteur : Natsuko Ishida, rédactrice de The Mainichi, Lifestyle and Medical News Department

Production : The Mainichi

Diffusion : site anglais de Mainichi shimbun, The Mainichi, Japan’s national daily since 1922

Date : 1 juin 2021

TOKYO — The Mainichi Shimbun reported in May how doctors at a metropolitan government-run hospital designated for infectious disease care had been forced to work overtime far above the “death by overwork” recognition threshold (an average of 80 hours a month over multiple months) to respond to COVID-19 patients.

Source : Natsuko Ishida, « COVID-19 front-line doctors at Tokyo hospital describe hellish working conditions », The Mainichi, 01/06/2021. URL : https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210601/p2a/00m/0na/016000c (consulté le 01/06/2021)

Version japonaise : « 「当直月10回、36時間勤務も」　コロナ治療最前線で起きていること », デジタル毎日, 31/05/2021. URL : https://mainichi.jp/articles/20210531/k00/00m/040/089000c (consulté le 01/06/2021)

Photo « à la une » : Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital is seen in this photo taken on May 11, 2021, in the capital’s Bunkyo Ward. © Mainichi/Masahiro Sakai

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