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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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[–] khannie@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Had to bring my daughter for an MRI recently. They are very very clear about removing all metal.

[–] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

I had one a couple weeks ago. Where I went I had to be buzzed into a waiting room then buzzed into the MRI room itself. Without a card key or an escort there was no way for me to enter the room.

And yeah, I was also asked more than once about having any metal on me.

[–] leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I wouldn't trust people to tell the truth. People are idiots. I hope they also use metal detectors.

Wouldn't want a doctor or nurse getting a prince Albert to the eye because the patient was too embarrassed to mention it.

[–] KMAMURI@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

People who have PA's are not too embarrassed to mention them. 15 years is a paramedic has told me this.

[–] El_Scapacabra@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I had an MRI recently and while they were obviously very strict about no metal on/in my body while scanning, my husband was allowed to stay in the room wearing his metal framed glasses and metal belt buckle, it wasn't a problem. This makes me wonder how fucking big that chain was.

[–] khannie@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Yeah very similar experience. I asked about the button on my jeans as the second person in the room and that was fine. He must have been very very close to the magnets.