Tests conducted on 6 persons with symptoms of radiation sickness in Hidalgo, Mexico
Personnel of the Attorney General of the Republic in Hidalgo have
applied security protocols on radioactive materials and instructed state
health authorities to give medical attention to six persons exposed
to cobalt-60.
According to the Hidalgo health secretary, Pedro Luis Noble Monterrubio,
five adults and a 16-year-old male were in Pachuca General Hospital
because of the symptoms they presented, which are associated with
radiation exposure.
He confirmed that the Attorney General instructed them to care for more victims of exposure to the substance, used for medical
purposes, and then to begin corresponding inquiries.
The state office of the Attorney General said that owing to the
magnitude of the case, the Secretariat of the Government will release
official information on the patients' health and the progress of the
investigations.
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