Army R&R hospital to Discharge two Nuclear Radiation Exposed Patients - ALLCGNEWS

Central Government Employment News

Post Top Ad

14 May 2010

Army R&R hospital to Discharge two Nuclear Radiation Exposed Patients

 
   The Army Hospital (Research and Referral) would soon discharge the twopatients exposed to radiation from nuclear scrap. Commandant, R&R Hospital,Lt. General Naresh Kumar, said here today that the two patients have showngood recovery over the last few weeks and their condition is near normal.

   Deepak Jain, 32, and Ajay Jain, 40, were admitted to the hospital last month with low blood counts due to bone marrow suppression following accidental radiation exposure to Cobalt-60 at a scrap shop in the Mayapuri area of the city.

   "Their condition is clinically stable and free of any infection orbleeding," Lt. Gen. Kumar said, adding, "Ajay Jain's wound is healing well." Despite being released from the hospital in a day or two, the doctors would
continue to closely monitor the condition of the two patients, he said. "Volunteer donors having 100 percent matching Human Lymphocyte Antigen (HLA) have been kept on standby for bone marrow transplant if their condition worsens," said Lt. Gen. Kumar.


SOURCE - PIB

No comments:

Post a Comment

Feel free to drop your comments and suggestions

Disclaimer

The contents and information given in this blog are purely informative in nature and should not under any circumstances be taken as authority. Allcgnews blog may contain typographical errors in its contents. All efforts had been made to ensure accuracy of the content on this blog. The same should not be construed as a statement of law or used for any legal purposes. ALLCGNEWS accepts no responsibility in relation to the accuracy, completeness or otherwise, of the contents. Users are advised to verify/check any information with the relevant departments and to obtain any appropriate professional advice before acting on the information provided in the blog. We cannot guarantee the availability linked pages at all times.

Post Top Ad