How dangerous is CT-Scan to detect corona? AIIMS director Randeep Guleria told

New Delhi: Amid increasing cases of the corona, a large number of people are undergoing CT scans. Many people are having negative symptoms even after having corona symptoms, after which the doctors are advising them to get a CT scan. But AIIMS director Dr. Randeep Guleria says that there is no need to have a CT scan if the corona has mild symptoms. Dr. Guleria says that CT scans can be harmful to health. After getting it, the chances of cancer can increase.

Dr. Guleria said, 'CT scan and biomarker are being misused. If there are mild symptoms then there is no use of a CT scan. A CT scan equals 300 chest x rays. It is very harmful. The director of AIIMS said that nowadays too many people are undergoing CT scans. When a CT scan is not needed, by doing it, you are harming yourself more because you are bringing yourself in contact with radiation. This can increase the chances of getting cancer later.

With this, Dr. Guleria advised the people living in home isolation to keep contacting their doctor. Saturation is getting 93 or less, there are situations like fainting, if you are having chest pain, contact the doctor immediately.

More than 1 lakh active cases in 12 states

At the same time, Joint Secretary of Health Ministry Luv Agarwal said that 81.77% of people have been cured in the country so far. There are about 34 lakh active cases in the country. So far, close to 2 lakh deaths have been recorded due to infection. In the last 24 hours, 3,417 deaths have been recorded in the country. He said that there are 12 states in the country where there are more than 1 lakh active cases. The number of active cases remains between 50,000 and 1 lakh in 7 states. There are 17 states where less than 50,000 active cases remain.