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From the
Director's Desk………
It is a matter of great pleasure for me to release this news letter of
Mohan Dai Oswal Cancer Treatment & Research Foundation, Ludhiana. The
hospital marches ahead with the state of art Vidya Sagar Oswal Eye Unit
equipped with latest facilities for eye treatment, addition of mammography
with color Doppler in the department of Radio diagnosis, Colonoscopy &
ERCP facility in Gastroenterology, competent therapy facilities in Blood
Bank and High Dose Selectron & 3D computerized treatment planning in
the department of Radiation Oncology. The foundation has established
itself as a most comprehensive cancer treatment centre for the state of
Punjab and other adjoining states.. The hospital provided treatment at low
cost & free to the poor patients. I express my sincere thanks to all
the members of the editorial board for this hard work & dedication in
bringing out the hospital newsletter. I wish you all good health & may
good bless you all.
Dr.Satish Jain, MS,FICS,FACS (USA),MAMS(India),FAIS
Medical Director, Chief of Surgery and Surgical Oncology |
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 Qualified
persons should be appointed to handle radiation equipments.
Proper radiation safety measures should be taken while working.
Personal monitoring services must be made available to each radiation
worker.
Regular Quality Assurance (Q.A) tests & radiation survey must be
carried out.
Regular CME (continuing medical education), workshops & other training
programs should be organized to update the knowledge of radiation workers.
In India, we have Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) which controls the
radiation protection activities and some training programs of radiation
safety with the help of Radiation Protection & Advisory Division
(RP&AD) of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre. For enhancement &
enrichment of knowledge in radiation safety & optimal use of
radiation, one week radiation safety-training program for radiation
therapy technologists was started under the guidance of Dr. Kanta Chhokra,
Dr. P. K. Dash Sharma from AERB & Dr. H. A. Sabhuwala from BARC on
January 20th at M. D. Oswal Cancer Treatment & Research Foundation,
Ludhiana was concluded on Jan 27th 2003. Nearly 35 technologists from all
over India participated in this training program. This Continuing Medical
Education (CME) program in radiation safety was inaugurated by Prof B. D.
Gupta, eminent cancer specialist and advisor National Cancer Control
program, Govt of India. Eminent teachers from AERB/BARC, Mumbai, PGI,
Chandigarh, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Hospital, Delhi, Chandigarh Medical
College, C.M.C & Hospital Ludhiana and Oswal cancer Hospital, Ludhiana
gave theoretical & practical training in radiation safety to the
trainees. During this training all technologists were trained to handle
radioactive sources and highly sophisticated radiation generating
Equipments used for the treatment of cancer. Radioactive sources
used for the cancer treatment could be harmful if not handled by trained
and qualified technicians. Dr. Kanta Chhokra, Senior Scientific Officer,
AERB, informed about the mandatory requirements of such training in
radiation safe
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 A Radiation Safety Course was organized by M. D. Oswal Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation, Ludhiana in the collaboration with
AERB/BARC, Mumbai. The science of Radiological protection aims to provide an appropriate standard of protection for man from the harmful biological effects of lionizing radiation without unduly compromising with the beneficial practices. The basic emphasis in radiation protection is that the radiation should be used with care rather than fear and that its risk should be kept in perspective with the other professional risk factors.
Some of radiation workers in our country are not serious about radiation protection and have casual approach towards radiation safety procedure. Radiation doses to the radiation workers, general public and also to patients in hospitals can be minimized to specified safe limits, under the consideration of following points by any organization which is using radiation. They are:
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