The practice of radiology in Kerala

The state of affairs in the field of radiology in the Kerala State is surveyed. The radiology centres organised by the Government are well equipped, have trained personnel and also have radiation physics departments, but the private institutions having radiological diagnostic and therapeutic facilities suffer from unqualified and untrained personnel, improper techniques, and absence of radiation physicists. These institutions, therefore, pose a radiation hazard to the population. Measures to improve the situation in these private institutions are suggested. One of them is legislative action. (M.G.B.)