Qatar 2022 World Cup: Returned Nepali workers reportedly developing chronic kidney disease following construction of stadiums in dangerous heat conditions

[Scott 20901]

 

Magar... was promised £220 a month and reasonable working conditions to work as a carpenter at the al-Thumama football stadium...

 

Tens of thousands of migrant labourers have built the venues, hotels and infrastructure for next year’s tournament over a decade. Today, a silent plague of suffering among them can be revealed — in the plight of people like Magar, whose lives will be cut short by life-changing kidney damage that doctors say is likely to be linked to working conditions he experienced in Qatar.

 

https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/qatar-2022-world-cup-nepali-workers-returning-from-building-stadiums-reportedly-developing-chronic-kidney-disease-one-fifth-dialysis-patients-in-nepal-are-gulf-returnees/

 

Also here:  https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/01/06/climate-change-heat-kidney-disease/

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And the problem isn't confined to the mideast:

 

Climate change linked to rise in kidney ailments

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/climate-change-linked-to-rise-in-kidney-ailments/articleshow/52197656.cms

[RichardColeman 62154]

11 hours ago, Scott said:

Tens of thousands of migrant labourers have built the venues, hotels and infrastructure for next year’s tournament over a decade.

Bad English or a story just found under some other paperwork  >