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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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[–] Vandals_handle@lemmy.world 11 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

If by checking you mean asking, yes. I've had multiple MRI scans and was asked. No one looked at these areas, I remained fully clothed the entire time.

[–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 5 points 18 hours ago

Yeah, I had one mri and they stressed knowing if there was any metal but they didn't like, pat me down or anything. I even told them about my filings and root canals and they asked when I got them then said they were fine (unlikely to interact at all, probably ceramic based)

[–] leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

That's stupidly dangerous. People a) lie, b) are idiots, and c) continuously forget the most obvious things, like where we placed the glasses we're currently wearing. Often all at the same time.

Especially when stressed, for instance when about to get an MRI and being asked embarrassing questions, possibly while being high on whatever drugs they've got you on.

I'd expect them to at least use metal detectors.

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