INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kathmandu, June 25
Ministry of Health and Population on Monday formed a high level committee to probe into leakage of radiation from CT
scan room of Bir Hospital.
It has formed a committee comprising Baburam Khanal, member secretary at the Ministry of Health and Population,
Dan Bahadur Karki, professor of Radiology at Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Bio-medical Engineer Padma Mishra and Senior Medical
Superintendent Hemant Ojha at the Department of Health Services to inquire into the case.
Karki has been recommended by PAHS after the
ministry asked it to send a radiologist to probe the incident
The Ministry of Health and Population has asked the committee to submit its report after a week, said Bhawanath Khatiwada, under-secretary
at MoHP.
Bir Hospital had shut down its CT scan service on June 21 after radiation was found leaking from its room.
The hospital had closed
its service on the recommendation of Nepal Academy of Science and Technology after a monitoring team from NAST found higher level of
radiation in areas around the CT scan room
It has suggested the hospital should adopt protection measures against radiation leakage.
The monitoring team on June 17 had concluded that
the level of radiation was 10 times more than the permissible level.
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