The most important rule in medicine is to first do no harm. And this statute applies not just to patients but also to doctors and medical students, who deserve to be protected from harm while they heal others. But a significant lapse and dereliction of duty at the Grant Medical College and Sir JJ Group of Hospitals has left its students exposed to deadly radiation without adequate protection.

According to a Right To Information (RTI) application filed by an alumnus, radiology students have gone through three months without being provided the Thermoluminescent Dosimeter (TLD), an essential radiation detection device that warns them when they have had too much exposure.