Kathmandu, June 25

Ministry of Health and Population on Monday formed a high level committee to probe into leakage of radiation from CT scan room of Bir Hospital.

It has formed a committee comprising Baburam Khanal, member secretary at the Ministry of Health and Population, Dan Bahadur Karki, professor of Radiology at Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Bio-medical Engineer Padma Mishra and Senior Medical Superintendent Hemant Ojha at the Department of Health Services to inquire into the case.

Karki has been recommended by PAHS after the ministry asked it to send a radiologist to probe the incident. The Ministry of Health and Population has asked the committee to submit its report after a week, said Bhawanath Khatiwada, under-secretary at MoHP.

Bir Hospital had shut down its CT scan service on June 21 after radiation was found leaking from its room.

The hospital had closed its service on the recommendation of Nepal Academy of Science and Technology after a monitoring team from NAST found higher level of radiation in areas around the CT scan room. It has suggested the hospital should adopt protection measures against radiation leakage.

The monitoring team on June 17 had concluded that the level of radiation was 10 times more than the permissible level.