Lok Sabha Question No. 954 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-22
Subject: Level of Radiation during CT Scan and MRI
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: RAJAN BABURAO  VICHARE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 954 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22 ND JULY, 2016

## LEVEL OF RA DIATION DURING CT SC AN AND MRI

## 954. SHRI RAJAN VICHARE:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has made any provision or given any guidelines to the hospita mention the level of radiation emitted during CT scan and MRI investigations; and
- (b) if s o, the details thereof along with the status of compliance of the said guideline hospitals, State/UT - wise including Maharashtra?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## (SHRI FAGGAN SINGH KULASTE)

- (a): Atomic  Energy  Regulatory  Board  (AERB)  has  informed  that  Hospitals  desirous  of operating the CT equipment are required to obtain the requisite 'Licence for Operation' from the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB).
- 'Licence  for  Operation'  for  the  CT  eq uipment  is  issued  by  AERB  only  if  the  CT equipment fulfills the performance criteria i.e Quality Assurance Tests stipulated by AER radiation safety standpoint, which includes the measurement of  leakage level of radiatio the equipment.
- (b): AE RB has issued license for operation to 2145 CT equipment installed at 1785 hospi throughout the country based on compliance  with  the  safety  requirements  as  mentioned above.  The state/UT wise list of the number of hospitals   possessing licensed CT e quipment is enclosed at Annexure .

## Annexure

| STATE/UT WISE LIST OF HOSPITALS WITH AERB LICENSED CT   | STATE/UT WISE LIST OF HOSPITALS WITH AERB LICENSED CT   |
|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
| State/UT                                                | No. of Hospitals                                        |
| Andaman and Nicobar                                     | 1                                                       |
| Andhra Pradesh                                          | 64                                                      |
| Assam                                                   | 16                                                      |
| Bihar                                                   | 18                                                      |
| Chandigarh                                              | 8                                                       |
| Ch hattisgarh                                           | 29                                                      |
| Delhi                                                   | 97                                                      |
| Goa                                                     | 10                                                      |
| Gujarat                                                 | 89                                                      |
| Haryana                                                 | 69                                                      |
| Himachal Pradesh                                        | 17                                                      |
| Jammu & Kashmir                                         | 5                                                       |
| Jharkhand                                               | 21                                                      |
| Karnataka                                               | 148                                                     |
| Kerala                                                  | 159                                                     |
| Madhya Pradesh                                          | 50                                                      |
| Maharashtra                                             | 274                                                     |
| Manipur                                                 | 1                                                       |
| Meghalaya                                               | 2                                                       |
| Mizoram                                                 | 1                                                       |
| Nagaland                                                | 2                                                       |
| Orissa                                                  | 15                                                      |
| Puducherry                                              | 10                                                      |
| Punjab                                                  | 59                                                      |
| Rajasthan                                               | 69                                                      |
| Tamil Nadu                                              | 197                                                     |
| Telangana                                               | 89                                                      |
| Tripura                                                 | 2                                                       |
| Uttar Pradesh                                           | 102                                                     |
| Uttarakhand                                             | 19                                                      |
| West Bengal                                             | 142                                                     |

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