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Alexander Litvinenko's Case Study

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Alexander litvinenko was an officer of FSB (Federal Security Service).he suddenly fell ill on 1 november 2006 and was hospitalised immediately.he died 3 weeks later due to polonium-210 poisoning.he was experiencing diarrhea and vomiting for quite some time.as the days passed the pain started incresing and his wife rushed him to the hospital.his condition was deteriorating for many weeks as the doctors were busy in finding out the cause of his condition.he died three weeks later.
Sometime after his death,healt protectin agency revealed that he had a large amount of polonium-210 in his body. It was present in his teacup.on 23 november the doctors said that they could not detect it earlier because polonium -210 does not emit gamma particles.rather
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