Cedars-Sinai investigated for significant radiation overdoses of 206 patients

Saturday, October 10, 2009 - 02:21 in Health & Medicine

The finding prompts the FDA to issue an alert urging hospitals nationwide to review their safety protocols for CT scans. More than 200 patients at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center were inappropriately exposed to high doses of radiation from CT brain scans used to diagnose strokes, hospital officials told The Times on Friday.

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