Britons sent for radioactive tests after ex-spy's death
By Janet Tim,WNS UK Correspondent
LONDON - Three people have been sent for radiological tests after contacting health authorities following the radiation poisoning of former Russian Alexander Litvinenko last week, a spokeswoman said Monday. The three were among people who called a National Health Service helpline set up for anyone with concerns about contamination, following the death of the Kremlin critic last Thursday.
"Of the calls that NHS Direct took over weekend, 18 were referred to us and three of those as a precaution were referred to a special clinic for radiological assessment," said a spokeswoman for the Health Protection Agency. Concern is thought to focus on the two London hospitals where Litvinenko was treated in his dying days, plus a sushi bar and a hotel he visited on the day he was apparently poisoned, November 1.
The HPA spokeswoman declined to specify where the three individuals came from, or the give the location of the clinic which would carry out the tests. But she underlined that the testing was a "precautionary" move rather than an emergency decision taken because of major symptoms. "It is part of general monitoring," she told AFP.
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