Evaluation of Health Risk Due to Exposure to Radiation in Some Hospitals in Rivers State

Abstract

An external background ionization radiation was carried out in Our Lady Health of the sick hospital, Colworth Medical and Olive Tree Medical Diagnostics Port Harcourt. The background radiation reading was taken using the radiation alert meter (Digilert 200). The estimated value for the excess lifetime cancer risk from the three hospitals are lower than the world average, also the annual effective dose equivalent from Our Lady Health of the sick hospital, Colworth Medical Centre and Olive three medical center are lower than the world accepted value. The average absorbed dose rates are higher than the world accepted value which is 84nGy/h. the average exposure rate from the three hospitals is lower than the world accepted value which is 0.013mR/h. the absorbed dose rate exceeded the safe limit for the general public.