During an unannounced inspection of the hospital earlier this year, department officials discovered the hospital was missing a vial of samarium-153, which is radioactive material used to treat cancer pain in the bones. The hospital never recovered the vial, but NRC officials said the small amount does not pose a threat. The officials also found a technician left a door to the nuclear medicine laboratory propped open, according to the news report.
Read the Republic news report about Bozeman Deaconess Hospital.
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