“Incredibly rare” tragedy in the magnetic resonance room. Nine -pound current, to the 46 -year -old man’s neck, was attracted to the magnetic field of the machine. Family of the victim also points to serious failures by the clinic.
A 46 -year -old man lost his life in a Diagnostic Center in Long Island, New York, being pulled by a magnetic resonance imaging while using a metal chain of bodybuilding around nine pounds.
The incident took place last Thursday at the Nassau Open Mri Center in Westbury, and is being investigated by the Nassau County authorities. According to information released by, the victim entered the examination room without authorization from the coaching staff, at the request of his partner who was making a resonance knee resonance. As you approach the machine, the extremely powerful magnetic field attracted the current of nine pounds that it brought to the neckresulting in a violent force that projected it against the equipment.
His mate reported that, when he feels uncomfortable during the exam, he called his partner to help her leave the room. Moments later witnessed the tragic incident and begged technicians to turn off the equipment and contact emergency services. However, the man suffered at least three cardiac stops And it ended up not resisting.
“Not even the strongest litter could not avoid this type of accident,” says Emanuel Kanal, director of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Resonance Service at the medical center.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines work with extremely powerful imm, capable of generating magnetic fields that extend far beyond the structure of the device. These fields exert an intense force on metallic objects, including iron, certain types of steel and other magnetizable materials.
Authorities continue to investigate the case. Meanwhile, the victim’s family also points out serious flaws from the clinic, claiming that the responsible technician never warned McSallister to remove the current before entering the room. The stepdaughter wrote on a fundraising page that the coach abandoned the room without warning the man from the danger of the metal current in an environment with active magnetic field.
