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How noxious work environments are aggravating mental health crisis

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According to WHO, of the 60 percent of the world's population that is in work, an estimated 15 per cent were reported to have a mental disorder in 2019. [iStockphoto]

World Mental Health Day was marked on October 10, 2024, with many employees trapped in toxic work environments, feeling used, abused, and mistreated by their bosses and, sometimes, colleagues.

In June 2021, the body of Dr Lydia Wahura Kanyoro was found inside her car, moments after she had died by suicide, a move that prompted calls to address mental pressure among student medical practitioners.

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