Qatar: Killer Heat Cripples Workers

Qatar is rapidly heating to extreme temperatures. From deaths and chronic diseases among migrants workers, to disastrous sports events, the rising temperature in the Gulf is both disruptive and deadly. Subscribe to Journeyman here: As a result of climate change, temperatures in the Gulf are rising at twice the global average - with temperatures regularly reaching 50C. ’Above 40C, the body’s normal working mechanism starts to disintegrate’, explains cardiologist, Dr Ratna Mani Gajurel. For wealthy citizens, air conditioning is readily available. But for the Gulf’s over 14 million migrant workers, remaining cool is a challenge. Sita Magar’s husband Dhar left Nepal for work in Qatar. In 2021, he died aged just 31. ’He was always sweating when we video chatted’, says Sita. ’The heat made his nose bleed’. His death was attributed to ’cardiac arrest’. But Dr Gajurel suspects extreme heat