The Nepali’s sudden death was attributed to ‘natural causes’ – but like hundreds of other young migrants who die in Qatar each year he worked in extreme temperatures
It is a grim place to die: a bunk bed in a filthy, crowded room, deep within Qatar’s largest labour camp, thousands of miles from home.
As Rupchandra Rumba lay there in the early hours of 23 June, his friends heard him struggle for breath.
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Written by Pete Pattisson in Doha and Kathmandu, Roshan Sedhai in Kathmandu
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/oct/02/dead-at-24-heat-doha-world-cup-worker-rupchandra-rumba under the title “Dead at 24: did heat kill Doha World Cup worker Rupchandra Rumba? | Pete Pattisson”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
