An increasing number of Nepali workers in the Persian Gulf and Malaysia are dying of heat stress... A recent study published in the journal Cardiology presents a strong correlation between average monthly afternoon heat levels and mortality among Nepali workers in Qatar. Of the total fatalities due to cardiovascular disease (CVD) among Nepalis, 58% occurred during the summer months and 22% in winter, mostly caused by heat stress. This is much higher than the global average of 15% of total deaths in the 25-35 age group being due to CVD... Many Nepali migrant workers in the Gulf are exposed to similar conditions since they work in construction... Many of them are not properly briefed about the dangers of dehydration... Activists claim that doctors... are aware of the actual causes of the majority of these fatalities, but are often bribed by employers to pass them off as ‘natural deaths’.