April 19, 2002

Intern's Death by Overwork Results in Judgment; U. of Zimbabwe Official Is Accused of Corruption

A Japanese court ruled last month that Kansai Medical University Hospital, in Osaka Prefecture, should pay $1.1-million in compensation to the parents of an intern who had died of overwork.

The case marks the first time a Japanese court has acknowledged that a medical intern's death was caused by overwork, according to the plaintiffs' lawyer.

In Japan, where most people work long hours, a word, karoshi, has been coined to describe death by overwork. Only recently have Japanese

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