Posted on 07/19/2025 4:28:20 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
A man has died after getting sucked into an MRI machine.
The accident occurred on July 16 at the Nassau Open MRI in Westbury, New York, according to a press release from the Nassau County Police Department in Long Island.
Officers responded to a 911 call at around 4:30 p.m. at the MRI center, which provides diagnostic radiology services.
"Upon arrival, officers were informed that a male, 61, entered an unauthorized Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) room while the scan was in progress," the release stated.
"The male victim was wearing a large metallic chain around his neck, causing him to be drawn into the machine, which resulted in a medical episode."
The man was transported to a local hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries the next day, on July 17.
The investigation is ongoing, according to the police department.
Nassau Open MRI states on its website that anything metallic should be removed prior to an MRI, including hearing aids, partial plates, dentures, jewelry and hair pins.
On a web page detailing the benefits and risks of MRIs, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) notes that "the strong, static magnetic field will attract magnetic objects (from small items such as keys and cell phones, to large, heavy items such as oxygen tanks and floor buffers) and may cause damage to the scanner or injury to the patient or medical professionals if those objects become projectiles."
"Careful screening of people and objects entering the MR environment is critical to ensure nothing enters the magnet area that may become a projectile."
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The wife said she called out to her husband. So, people are thinking he ran into the room himself. But, if the door was locked, he couldn’t have run into the room on his own. Then again, the wife’s MRI was finished, so maybe the door was unlocked at that point.
Either the tech walked him to the room, or the room was left unsecured. Whatever the case, the staff there allowed access to someone who came with a patient, and he wasn’t screened for metal. Just horrible...
Put him near machine too.
you have to notify themm when making your appointment that you have a pacemaker, or any metal in your body and where it is.
I have a hip replacement and had to tell them that fact when i had an MRI on my liver.
OH and the techs will help you get up from the table too.
ya i read it, he should not have be called into the room, the techs will help you off the table. I had one done and they help me off the table. the wife was as much at fault as the husband
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