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The Department of Health received notification today (June 30) from Global Medical Solutions, a medical supply company, that a pack of iodine-125 seeds , which was reported missing on June 25, had been recovered in Shanghai.
Iodine-125 seed is a kind of radioactive substance for treating prostate cancer.
The company confirmed that the packaging and the two lead containers carrying the radioactive substance had remained intact.
The pack of iodine-125 seeds was reported missing when it was transshipped through Hong Kong from Shanghai by China Eastern Airlines on June 23.
The company made a report to police when it failed to collect the package at the airport for re-export on June 25.
Ends/Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Issued at HKT 19:01
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