The incident occurred Wednesday afternoon at a medical building in Westbury, New York, according to the Nassau County Police Department.

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.

  • Showroom7561@lemmy.caEnglish
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    7 days ago

    61, was wearing a “large metallic chain” around his neck

    Was this guy a dog? Gangster?

    How does one simply enter an MRI room so easily while it’s running?

    Such a bizarre story.

    • piecat@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 days ago

      If the door isn’t locked… well, yeah you can just enter.

      It’ll stop the scan. But that’s about it. The magnet never turns off unless you hit the quench button, which will cause irriversable damage. Only used in matters of life and death.

      • Showroom7561@lemmy.caEnglish
        2·
        6 days ago

        I’ve had a few, but I don’t recall it ever being easy to just walk in. Considering how dangerous they can be, it seems like someone messed up.