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Lawyer dies after gun triggered by hospital MRI scanner
New York Post ^
| Februry 9, 2023
| Ben Cost
Posted on 02/09/2023 2:23:07 PM PST by grundle
A Brazilian lawyer tragically died after his gun was discharged by an MRI machine’s magnetic field at the hospital.
The freak accident occurred on January 16 while the gun-loving lawyer, named Leandro Mathias de Novaes, was taking his mother to get scanned at the Laboratorio Cura in São Paulo, Jam Press reported. Unbeknownst to hospital staff, the attorney had a registered firearm in his possession.
Staff had reportedly asked the pair to remove all metal objects before entering the MRI room, as is protocol at hospitals due to the device’s powerful magnetic field. However, Novaes decided to go in sans announcing his concealed weapon.
Disaster struck after the machine yanked the weapon from his waistband, causing it to go off and strike the lawyer in the stomach. He was subsequently rushed to the São Luiz Morumbi Hospital, where he hung on for weeks, before eventually succumbing to his injuries on February 6.
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To: AppyPappy
"A round in the chamber at an MRI"
that is like a triple "mistake" or more.
I wonder if there is more to the story.
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posted on
02/09/2023 2:53:03 PM PST
by
Steve Van Doorn
(*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
To: grundle
The MRI machine is being charged with unlawful discharge of a firearm in a safe zone. The MRI machine will face up to 10 years in supervised community service.
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posted on
02/09/2023 2:53:54 PM PST
by
dirtymac
( Now Is The Time For All Good Men To ComeTo The Aid Of Their Country! NOW) )
To: AppyPappy
(A round in the chamber at an MRI)
Yeah
Oops 😬😬😬
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posted on
02/09/2023 2:55:37 PM PST
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: grundle
These things create a powerful static magnetic field by sending current through a super-conducting coil that is near absolute zero because it is in liquefied gas.
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posted on
02/09/2023 2:55:52 PM PST
by
Bobalu
(Life is odd when you are on the rolodex and the list....)
To: grundle
When someone instructs you to remove all metal objects, the very first thing you think of is that big pistol, not your ring or belt, or ink pen, or watch, but that big ol heavy gun.
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posted on
02/09/2023 2:56:23 PM PST
by
ansel12
(NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
02/09/2023 2:56:56 PM PST
by
dayglored
(Strange Women Lying In Ponds Distributing Swords! Arthur Pendragon in 2024)
To: Larry Lucido
More like “but I’m a lawyer ...rules don’t have to apply to me”
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posted on
02/09/2023 2:58:08 PM PST
by
Mr. K
(No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare)
To: grundle
real life imitates art: a similar situation was featured in a Tim Dorsey novel in which a mugger was made to swallow some bullets and then put in an MRI machine ...
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posted on
02/09/2023 2:58:36 PM PST
by
catnipman
(In a post-covid world, ALL "science" is now political science: stolen elections have consequences)
To: mware
I remember that story. Sad.
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posted on
02/09/2023 3:00:40 PM PST
by
Mark17
(Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF pilot. USAF aviation runs in the family )
To: AppyPappy
He deserved it.Hmmm...like Anne Heche? Got flamed for that.
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posted on
02/09/2023 3:00:41 PM PST
by
MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
(Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
To: grundle
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posted on
02/09/2023 3:03:07 PM PST
by
dennisw
("You don't have to like it. You just have to do it")
To: grundle
Gut shot. Nasty way to go
To: AppyPappy
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posted on
02/09/2023 3:04:30 PM PST
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: grundle
One less lawyer...not a bad thing...
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posted on
02/09/2023 3:05:01 PM PST
by
Chickensoup
(Genocide is here. Leftist extremists are spearhheading the Genocide against conservatives. )
To: grundle
To: AppyPappy
“A round in the chamber at an MRI”
That could almost be a song lyric.
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posted on
02/09/2023 3:06:38 PM PST
by
PLMerite
("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
To: PLMerite
Ooh! Ooh!
A round in the chamber at an MRI.
Dumb enough to work for the FBI.
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posted on
02/09/2023 3:07:36 PM PST
by
PLMerite
("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
To: Magnatron
To: grundle
I once went into an MRI and asked the technician about the magnetic fields.
He fired up the machine and took his badge off (small metal clip) and let go of it. It flew across the room and clung to the MRI machine.
Made a believer out of me...
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posted on
02/09/2023 3:11:23 PM PST
by
MV=PY
(The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
To: grundle
I’ve had numerous MRIs.
The worst I ever did was fart in one.
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posted on
02/09/2023 3:15:10 PM PST
by
telescope115
(My feet are on the ground, and my head is in the stars.)
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