NEW DELHI: In the wake of the Mayapuri radiation leak incident caused by sale of radioactive material by a Delhi University department, the Delhi Government has issued guidelines and advisories to all heads of hospitals, medical centres, diagnostic centres and medical labs using radioactive equipment and consumables for their safe disposal.
The state health department issued fresh guidelines on Monday to hospitals and nursing homes for the proper use, maintenance and disposal of radioactive sources.
The advisory comes weeks after radioactive Cobalt-60 found at the Mayapuri scrap market claimed one life and injured six others.
Committee inspects departments for radiation levels, checks disposal system of medical and bio-waste
As a fallout of the recent case of radioactive exposure in Delhi, the Panjab University on Monday formed a standing committee to inspect the science departments where radioactive material was used.
Leakage of radioactive elements SHILLONG: The current controversy about leakage of radioactive wastes from Delhi University which claimed one life and has affected many should make all other universities using radioactive matter for experiments to sit up and take notice.
NEW DELHI: Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal on Friday asked the University Grants Commission (UGC) to immediately frame guidelines for procurement, transport, storage and disposal or all hazardous material, including chemicals and radioactive substances, used for research in universities.
NEW DELHI: Two days after the source of radioactive material that killed one and left several others ill was traced to Delhi University's Chemistry Department, Vice-Chancellor Deepak Pental on Friday said the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board team had been requested to investigate all claims pertaining to the presence of radioactive material on the campus.
New Delhi: Making it clear that research in universities would go on, HRD minister Kapil Sibal on Friday asked the University Grants Commission to immediately frame guidelines on procurement, transport, storage and disposal of radioactive material for research.
New Delhi: Professor B K Sharma, who had last used the gamma irradiator in Delhi University 25 years back, said the chemistry department should not have disposed of the instrument in the first place. Speaking to Times City on Friday, 82-year-old B K Sharma said,
