A man died in the US after he was jerked by an MRI device because of the heavy chain he wore
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus (MRI) in a clinic, photo: CylonPhoto / ImageBroker / Profimedia Images
A man who wore a heavy training chain around his neck and approached his wife while a magnetic resonance (MRI) imaging to his knee in a New York clinic after the device was strongly attracted to him, The Guardian reports.
The 61-year-old Keith McLister died at the Nassau Open Mri Clinic in Long Island after accompanying his wife, Adrienne Jones-Mcallister, at the July 16 medical unit.
Adrienne told the Local News 12 Long Island that an MRI device scanned his knee when he shouted to his husband: “Keith, come and help me get up” from the table. The technician who operates the device then allowed Keith to enter the room wearing a metal chain of almost 9 kg, used for weight training.
Local police said Keith was attracted to his strong magnetic force. He suffered a “medical episode” at that time, who left him in critical condition at the hospital, and the next day he was declared, according to the police.
Adrienne told reporters from the local Local Lent 12 that she “saw how the appliance grabbed and pulled her in” her husband and that she begged the clinic employees to call emergency help and “close the damn thing!”.
Finally, Keith “numb in my arms,” Adrienne said. A GoFundme campaign later launched to support Adrienne claims that Keith “was caught by the device for almost an hour until they managed to detach the chain.”
The man's wife claims that he was in the past at the medical unit with that chain
Adrienne also told News 12 that she and her husband had previously been to the Nassau Open Mri clinic and that he had wore that training chain then. “It was not the first time that the guy saw the chain,” Adrienne told the television station, referring to the technician operating the device. According to the woman, the employees of the clinic “had a discussion about it before”.
A person who answered the phone of the Nassau Open MRI clinic said that the medical unit has no comment to offer.
The administration for food and medicines (FDA), which regulates the safety of MRI devices in the United States, warns that these scans can create a “strong static magnetic field” that represents a physical danger.
The agency states that “the careful verification of people and objects entering the MRI area is essential to prevent the penetration of elements that can become projectiles” and endangers anyone nearby.
