Radiation accident at Mayapuri scrap market, Delhi, 2010
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- 1 Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India.
- PMID: 22914329
- DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncs162
This article reports the accidental public radiation exposure in a scrap market in Delhi, India, on March 2010. The source, a gamma unit containing Cobalt-60 pencils, was improperly disposed of by a research institution in violation of national regulations for radiation protection and safety of radioactive sources. The unit was sold off to unsuspecting scrap dealers who dismantled the equipment. This event subsequently caused the most severe radiation accident reported in India to date, resulting in seven radiation injuries and one death. The clinical course of five of the patients treated at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences hospital, New Delhi, is summarised in this report. All five patients suffered from the haematological form of the acute radiation syndrome and local cutaneous radiation injury as well. While four patients exposed to doses between 0.6 and 2.8 Gy survived with intensive or supportive treatment, the patient with the highest exposure of 3.1 Gy died due to acute respiratory distress syndrome and multi-organ failure on Day 16 after hospitalisation. The incident highlights the current gaps in the knowledge, infrastructure and legislation in handling radioactive materials. Medical institutions need to formulate individualised triage and management guidelines to immediately respond to future public radiological accidents.
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aged 32 years, owner of a metal scrap shop in Mayapuri Industrial Area, New Delhi had been admitted on April 4, 2010. The message also stated that the patient had symptoms indicative of suspected exposure of radiation and requested advice on further course of action. Advised on proper medical management of the radiation victims
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