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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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[–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

Okay, say there's an emergency with the patient being scanned. The people getting scanned are usually very sick.

Say the patient has a heart attack, or can't breathe, or something malfunctioned and caught on fire.

What happens if the door malfunctions? Or the key is dropped/misplaced? Or any similar scenario occurs that delays help when seconds count?

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