Minister of Health and Social Protection Ranko Skrbic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
the hospital's storage, despite security measures.
However, Skrbic said the waste should not be dangerous to the population.
Skrbic said an investigation into the case would be opened to find out how it was possible for the radioactive lead containers to disappear from the hospitals storage, despite security measures.
The radioactive material used in diagnostics and therapy vanished from a hospital basement where it was stored in lead containers, RS Health Minister Ranko Skrbic was quoted as saying by local media.
Skrbic was also quoted as saying that the waste does not pose any danger to the public and that the containers would likely be sold as scrap metal as they are heavy and have a certain market value.