RADIOTHERAPY PRACTICE IN AN UNREGULATED ENVIRONMENT:CALL FOR JOINT ACTION

摘要

There are five radiotherapy centres and thousands of diagnostic x-ray units in Nigeria. There is a five-year oldrnradiation protection decree, which is yet to be implemented. Consequently, radiotherapy and radio-diagnosis arernpracticed in the country without any form of regulatory guidelines backed by law. This paper is a call for thernconcerted effort of the WHO and the IAEA to persuade the Nigerian Government to establish the NigerianrnNuclear Regulatory Authority. This will ensure safe applications of atomic energy in the national heath deliveryrnsystem.