The condition of five people who were exposed to radioactive material Cobalt 60 at a scrap market here are very critical and their bone marrow is significantly damaged, their doctors said on Saturday
The condition of five people who were exposed to radioactive material Cobalt 60 at a scrap market here are very critical and their bone marrow is significantly damaged, their doctors said on SaturdayScrap metal dealer Deepak Jain suffered severe burns and is battling for life at the Indraprashtha Apollo Hospital while four others -- Gaurav, Rajendra Prasad, Ramjee Yadav and Ram Kalab -- have been admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Trauma Centre.
"We are investigating the patients and several tests have been conducted on them. They may need bone marrow transplants, but we will receive a confirmation only in a day or two," a senior doctor at the AIIMS Trauma Centre said.
