Something All Professionals should know

Six software professionals under the age of 33 have died and 2 top
executives from renowned software companies have become paralyzed because
of stress-related heart ailments in the last six months in Chennai, says a
study by Mitran Foundation, a Bangalore-based voluntary association of
practising doctors.

"All the six who died, and the two who became invalid, had no family
history of heart attacks or any pre-history of heart ailments or paralysis.
They were all in their prime, between 27 and 33 years, and handled
challenging projects at work in their respective companies. They worked
long and continuous hours. The end struck them very suddenly, and it looked
as if their hearts refused to take any more stress ," said Dr Dwarakanath,
director of Mitran Foundation, who has studied stress components in 40
software companies in Chennai during the last six months.

The study, conducted at a cost of Rs 45 lakhs, covered more than 4,000
software professionals from 80 companies who were in service for a minimum
of three years.