Radiation bungle poses little risk to cancer patients: AMA

The Australian Medical Association (AMA) believes there is a minimal risk to cancer patients who have been caught up in a bungle at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. For two years up to July 2006, more than 700 patients received a 5 per cent reduction in their radiation dosage from one of four machines. South Australia's Health Department is notifying those patients and has launched an independent inquiry. The AMA state president Dr Peter Ford is urging patients to contact SA Health. "There are individual circumstances that have to be examined here and I think every person who had treatment in that period and who has been notified by the department should follow up with the department,"... [read full story]