Another Hospital Reports Radiation Overdoses
By LOREL KANE
Updated 9:00 AM PDT, Mon, Nov 23, 2009
Glendale Adventist Medical Center says 10 patients who were scanned for possible strokes earlier this year received three to
four times the normal radiation dose.
One person suffered hair loss. All of the patients have been notified of the error.
Hospital officials said Friday that the overdoses occurred after a machine was reprogrammed for a new scanning protocol that was
supposed to help doctors find strokes.
Earlier this year, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center found that 260 people had received eight times the correct radiation dose.
County inspectors began examining scanners and found the problem at Adventist on Tuesday. Department of Public Health spokeswoman Sarah Kissell says no other cases have been found.
Copyright Associated Press / NBC Los Angeles
First Published: Nov 23, 2009 8:10 AM PDT
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