Re: Radiation tests at VA hospital questioned

[rkathren@tricity.wsu.edu (Ron L. Kathren)]

I note with some interest that the 'top radiation safety officer' Moussa
Raiszadeh, PhD in radiopharmaceutical sciences notwithstanding, is neither a
CHP nor a member of the HPS.

Ron Kathren, CHP  


At 10:10 AM 7/31/97 -0500, Sandy Perle wrote:
>The following article was published this morning. It does not say 
>anything as to when these tests were conducted.  I expect that this 
>will undoubtedly receive a lot of media attention, and we in the HP 
>profession should be cognizant of this.
>
>LOS ANGELES (July 31, 1997 10:21 a.m. EDT) -- Dozens of patients 
>taking part in veterans hospital research may have been exposed to 
>risky doses of radiation without their knowledge, the "Los Angeles 
>Times" reported Thursday.
>
>However, doctors at the Veterans Administration medical center in Loma
>Linda said they've engaged in no improprieties despite the claims of
>the facility's top radiation safety officer, Moussa Raiszadeh, the
>newspaper said.
>
>"If I was adequately convinced that patient safety ... was
>safeguarded, I would have dropped this issue on the first day,"
>Raiszadeh said. "I want to do my job. If I don't report this, there is
>no one else who would."
>