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Long Island man wearing 9kg-metal necklace dies after being sucked into MRI machine
(www.independent.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 21 Jul 2025
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Uhm, article I read said it was a training accessory and the wife had fallen on the floor and needed help.
But the husband was called to get her off the table? Did she fall while the technician was away? Shouldn't there have been a 2nd person to supervise her, or is that too expensive? And she did help in trying to get him unstuck, so she could get up on her own then? How are there so many important details to this?
That's it, as fun as it is to speculate, I think I'll reserve my judgement until after this has gone to court.
The major failure in this case was lack of education / restraint of the husband. Before he got within 25 feet of the MRI room door, he should have had "the talk" about metal objects and MRIs not mixing, deadly consequences, etc. Other things could have helped, but I suspect the local safety procedures are patient focused and hubby didn't get properly educated before entering the danger zone.
Can’t even begin to imagine how the wife feels now.
She probably feels pulled in 2 directions. The weight of calling in her husband to charge in and help her must be great. I'm sure the tech is also crushed that they weren't fast enough to oppose him entering the restricted area. It's a tragic set of circumstances that will hopefully attract more awareness of the dangers of entering the MRI area if you haven't properly prepared.
I had an MRI, many years ago, and had a very small sliver of metal in my finger tip. I didn't know it was in there still. I felt the pain of it pulling as soon as I left the MRI tech's control room.