Doctors said young people should learn to balance hard work with healthy eating, proper sleep and timely exercise, warning that overwork can lead to the early onset of lifestyle diseases. Some medical professionals also said that plans for a 70-hour week were “too ambitious” and urged team leaders at work to divide work between members in the best way and “take too much from individuals.” “Don’t try to coerce people into doing their jobs.” It often leads to physical or mental burnout.
Their comments come after Infosys co-founder NR Narayana Murthy recently suggested that young people should work 70 hours a week to boost the country’s productivity.
Murthy’s comments were criticized on social media for encouraging a “culture of overwork,” while others praised them.
Doctors in Delhi have warned that overwork is leading to the early onset of lifestyle-related diseases such as diabetes and cervical spondylitis.
Smoking, drinking alcohol and eating junk food at work and at home also have a negative impact on health, exacerbating health problems.
Dr Suranjit Chatterjee, Senior Consultant Internal Medicine, Apollo Hospitals, Delhi, says, “Working hard does not mean neglecting or compromising your health. Although working hard is good. , while one follows one’s ambitions, one should also take care of one’s health.”
“Therefore, there is a need to balance healthy diet, healthy lifestyle, proper sleep and timely exercise,” he told PTI.
The doctor said a 70-hour week plan was “too ambitious. I think a balanced and optimized lifestyle of 60 hours a week” is the way forward.
“Many people end up eating junk food or smoking on a regular basis, even though they work hard. Of course, they have the misconception that it helps relieve stress, but it doesn’t. .That will only worsen their health further,” says Chatterjee.
Some people drink regularly or party frequently because they think “I’ll do it because I can afford it.” This attitude must change if a person has to grow professionally without compromising his health, he warned.
Doctors from other government and private hospitals also warned against consuming junk food, sometimes citing “snobbish values” in the workplace, saying it could lead to “false spillover effects”.
Health experts stressed that while recreation is important, it should be done after a hard work day in any organization for personal and professional growth.
A senior doctor at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital said there has been a “paradigm shift” in the nature of patients coming to the hospital’s internal medicine OPD.
“Currently, more young people than older people come to our clinics with early onset lifestyle-related diseases such as diabetes. and neck pain. Pain, back pain and many other problems,” the doctor said.
Consumption of junk food, lack of proper sleep, little or no exercise, and a sedentary lifestyle at work are making matters worse, he added.
The senior doctor advised young people to balance their ambitions with a healthy diet and lifestyle, and not to give in to pressure from peers and others.
There are many cases of physical or mental burnout, and overwork is the main cause, he added.
Chatterjee said ambition is good for both the job and the country, and that people can work as little as 10 hours a day “without compromising their health.”
In a conversation with former Infosys CFO Mohandas Pai on the first episode of 3one4 Capital’s podcast ‘The Record’, Murthy said young people should work extra hours to compete with major economies.
Comparing India with China, Japan, and Germany, he said, “India’s labor productivity is among the lowest in the world.If we don’t improve labor productivity…we won’t be able to compete with countries that have made great progress.” I wouldn’t be able to do that.” .
“Therefore, I challenge young people to say: ‘This is my country. I want to work 70 hours a week,'” he added.
Murthy’s remarks drew mixed reactions on social media.
Comedian and actor Vir Das told X: “Life is hard. You meet a girl, you fall in love, you get married. Her father wants you to work 70 hours a week. You can’t work that hard. I can’t, I just want to relax and run.” England. “
Another user of X said the “overwork” caused stress and health complications.
Bhavish Agarwal, CEO of Ola Cabs, also posted, saying, “I completely agree with Mr. Murthy.This is not the time to enjoy ourselves by working less. It’s time to build on what we’ve built in a generation.” For generations! ”
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