Man Dies in MRI Accident: How Does This Happen?
By Stephanie Pappas, Live Science Contributor | January 29, 2018 03:15pm ET
A man in India has reportedly died after being yanked toward a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine, according to news reports.
The man, Rajesh Maru, was visiting a relative at a hospital in Mumbai and had been handed a metal oxygen cylinder to carry, according to the Agence France-Presse. He entered the MRI room after being told the machine was off, but the powerful magnet that runs the machine was functioning and pulled the oxygen cylinder toward it. Maru may have died from inhaling liquid oxygen from the damaged cylinder, according to Mumbai police. The police also said two hospital staff members had been arrested for causing death by negligence. [27 Oddest Medical Cases]
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