Ho Chi Minh City searching for X-ray equipment suspected of causing radiation



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Ho Chi Minh City police and authorities should search for X-ray equipment suspected of causing radiation and causing many injuries and review the radiation incident response plan.

This measure was made by the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee on February 23, after the Department of Science and Technology reported several cases of severe thigh ulcers caused by radiation.

In November 2020, 3 people went to Minh Anh International Hospital in the above condition, they underwent skin flap rotation surgery to heal the wound. There was also an equally hurt person who asked for advice over the phone.

Patients claim they are technicians to repair X-ray machines. On average, they shoot 2,000 to 3,000 times a month in the thigh to test the machine. The incident lasted continuously for a long time, causing injuries.

However, the Department of Science – Technology, Health and Public Safety determined that these patients are not repairers of X-ray machines, but drivers, who lose money (pass out), so they buy X-ray machines (not a device diagnostic X-ray). to bet. After losing a game, they throw the devices in the trash.

Patients have reported incorrect addresses. The equipment they use is contraband and of unknown origin, origin, functional uses.

Although the authorities were persuading, these people refused to come to work directly. Therefore, the City Department of Science and Technology proposed to the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee to order the police to verify the authenticity of the information provided by patients, and at the same time sent forces to coordinate to find them, trace them the device. causing radiation degradation.

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