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.

  • IphtashuFitz@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 days 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.