Without safety testing or licence to operate equipment, Harare Central Hospital exposes 12 patients, including a pregnant woman and four children below the age of 10 years to radiation

Without safety testing or licence to operate equipment, Harare Central Hospital exposes 12 patients, including a pregnant woman and four children below the age of 10 years to radiation

    Harare Central Hospital has come under fire for reportedly exposing 12 patients, including a pregnant woman, to the effects of ionising radiation, The Herald can reveal. Radiation effects can lead to cancer induction, sterility, cataracts as well as manifestation of genetic or hereditary effects that can contribute to children being born with defects. At high levels of exposure, one can experience blood changes, radiation burns, nausea and even death. The hospital’s actions contravene…

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