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Wuhan doctors on strike over X-ray radiation
By Li Qian |
February 22, 2013, Friday
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SOME hospital workers in Wuhan, capital of Hubei Province reportedly went on strike after three gynecologists developed thyroid cancer, which they believed was caused by their frequent exposure to X-rays.
The three women doctors at the Wuhan Union Hospital were diagnosed with cancer last month, today's Beijing News reported. They blamed the hospital in a statement made to the public on Monday.
The statement said they performed surgeries on a floor directly underneath two X-ray machines in two bone surgery rooms overhead. The two rooms were not insulated with radiation-proof materials. The hospital did not inform or warn them of the risks.
Their plight caused panic among other hospital staff. Those who worked in the two bone surgery rooms staged a strike and forced the hospital to suspend surgeries, the paper said.
But the hospital denied the allegations, saying its facilities had passed three tests conducted by the Hubei Province Disease Prevention and Control Center since December.
The provincial health bureau also supported the hospital, saying in a statement yesterday that no radiation leak was detected in the operating rooms.
The three women doctors at the Wuhan Union Hospital were diagnosed with cancer last month, today's Beijing News reported. They blamed the hospital in a statement made to the public on Monday.
The statement said they performed surgeries on a floor directly underneath two X-ray machines in two bone surgery rooms overhead. The two rooms were not insulated with radiation-proof materials. The hospital did not inform or warn them of the risks.
Their plight caused panic among other hospital staff. Those who worked in the two bone surgery rooms staged a strike and forced the hospital to suspend surgeries, the paper said.
But the hospital denied the allegations, saying its facilities had passed three tests conducted by the Hubei Province Disease Prevention and Control Center since December.
The provincial health bureau also supported the hospital, saying in a statement yesterday that no radiation leak was detected in the operating rooms.
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