KUALA LUMPUR: An activist group has called for a probe into alleged radiation safety breaches at a ministry-run hospital in the Klang Valley, claiming negligence led to staff developing chronic illnesses.
The group, #ReformIPT, alleged that improper installation of PET-CT scanners at the hospital's Nuclear Medicine Unit resulted in personnel contracting lung, blood, and breast cancers.
The New Straits Times is withholding the name of the hospital pending comment from its management and the Higher Education Ministry.
Group secretariat representative Brendon Gan and a former staff member known only as Fauziah said they have documented proof of gross standard operating procedure (SOP) mishandling.
They also claimed the hospital manipulated technical data to conceal the issue, in violation of the Atomic Energy Licensing Act.
Gan said the group has briefed Lembah Pantai MP Datuk Seri Fahmi Fadzil to seek seek intervention from the authorities. - NST
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