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Man dies after being pulled into MRI machine while wearing metal chain: Police (abcnews.go.com)
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A 61-year-old man who suffered critical injuries after being pulled into an MRI machine while wearing a metal chain has died, police said Friday.

The incident occurred Wednesday afternoon at a medical building in Westbury, New York, according to the Nassau County Police Department.

Officers responded to Nassau Open MRI following a 911 call and were informed that the man "entered an unauthorized Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) room while the scan was in progress," the police department said in a statement.

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[–] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

61, was wearing a “large metallic chain” around his neck

Was this guy a dog? Gangster?

How does one simply enter an MRI room so easily while it's running?

Such a bizarre story.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    If the door isn't locked... well, yeah you can just enter.

    It'll stop the scan. But that's about it. The magnet never turns off unless you hit the quench button, which will cause irriversable damage. Only used in matters of life and death.

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