Hospital officials at Glendale Adventist Medical Center said this week that 10 patients received three to four times normal radiation exposure during brain CT scans at the hospital. The hospital claims to have notified all 10 patients who were overexposed. One patient suffered hair loss as a result, a hospital spokesman told the Glendale News.
Since it was discovered in October that about 260 patients were exposed to 8x radiation at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, California Department of Public Health officials began auditing CT procedures at hospitals. A General Electric technician has since helped reprogram the CT scanner at the Glendale hospital. The scanner at Glendale Adventist was a less powerful model than the one used at Cedars-Sinai, and only exposed patients to 3-4 times the normal radiation.
The General Electric CT scan machine that caused the over-radiation was adjusted in January at Glendale Adventist. All ten of the patients overexposed were critical stroke patients undergoing a combination brain-imaging procedure. The over-radiation incidents occurred between January and early November. One of the patients who received a CT scan in February died in October due to an unrelated illness.
The Los Angeles personal injury attorneys at Estey & Bomberger, LLP are currently representing victims of the CT scan over-exposures at Cedars-Sinai. If you or a family member were overexposed to radiation at Glendale Adventists Medical Center and would like a free consultation, call Estey & Bomberger at (213)596-4855.
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