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One radiation victim dies

New Delhi: A man hospitalised after radiation exposure in the Capital earlier this month died due to multi-organ failure on Monday, doctors said.

Rajender, 35, a worker at a shop in the Mayapuri scrap market, died at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences. He was shifted there on April 13 from DDU Hospital, where he was initially admitted.

“He died due to multi-organ failure at around 9-30 p.m. His condition had deteriorated. His TLC count and platelet count had dropped drastically and he had developed pneumonia. There were signs of kidney and liver function impairment. He was on ventilator and was being administered multiple drugs,” said a doctor with the hospital.

Four other radiation exposure patients are still admitted in AIIMS.- PTI

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