US EditionMan wearing metal chain sucked into MRI machine, police say
WESTBURY, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK, JUL 17 – A 61-year-old man entered an active MRI scan room wearing a metal chain, causing a medical emergency; such MRI incidents are rare but documented, with 141 cases reported since 2009.
- At about 4:34 p.m. Wednesday, a 61-year-old man was drawn into an MRI machine at Nassau Open MRI in Westbury, critically injured when his metallic necklace pulled him into the scanner.
- According to Nassau County Police detectives, the man entered an MRI room without permission during an active scan, while MRI machines use intensely powerful magnets that can draw in metal objects at high speed.
- The police homicide squad is now investigating the incident, with Spencer Scott, a center worker, saying `he wasn’t a patient and video may exist`.
- The 61-year-old man is hospitalized in critical condition, police said, after suffering a medical emergency when pulled into the MRI machine, according to a Nassau County Police Department news release.
- Despite safety protocols, MRI projectile incidents remain rare but documented by experts, and a 2019 review in the journal Medical Physics tallied about 141 MRI 'projectile events' reported to the FDA over ten years.
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Police: Man sucked into MRI machine, suffers 'medical episode' in NY
WESTBURY, N.Y. (WPIX) – A man was critically injured during an incident with an MRI machine on Long Island, New York, on Wednesday, according to the Nassau County Police Department. Police said it happened at Nassau Open MRI in the village of Westbury around 4:30 p.m. A 61-year-old man entered a magnetic resonance imaging room without permission while the machine was in progress, according to authorities. STEP INSIDE: Ohio’s most expensive …
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