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An Indian man was killed Saturday after being sucked into an MRI machine at a Mumbai Hospital, according to Indian news broadcaster NDTV.

The man, Rajesh Maru, 32, was helping an elderly relative at BYL Nair Charitable Hospital when he entered the MRI room with a metal oxygen tank. An MRI machine is a powerful tool used to create medical imaging of human anatomies using strong magnetic fields and radio waves. Metal objects are supposed to be removed when an MRI is in use.

A hospital employee described as a ward boy told Maru that it was fine to bring the tank inside and that the MRI machine was off. When Maru and his brother-in-law Harish Solanki resisted, citing the danger, the employee, Vitthal Chavan, said: It's fine, we do it every day.

When Maru entered the room, the MRI machine was still on and the man was pulled toward it with great force.

He went there to visit my ailing mother. A ward boy told him to carry an oxygen cylinder with him to MRI room which is prohibited. It all happened because of the carelessness of hospital's doctors and administration. No security guard was either present to tell him that he should not carry oxygen cylinder with him to MRI room, Solanki told Asia News International.

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KazumaKiryu posted...

A hospital employee described as a ward boy told Maru that it was fine to bring the tank inside and that the MRI machine was off.

Whoops.
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Why the fuck is some patients brother helping with an MRI and not a hospital employee
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BBx8BwLhqg

Holy shit at the chair at the end
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KazumaKiryu posted...

A hospital employee described as a ward boy told Maru that it was fine to bring the tank inside and that the MRI machine was off. When Maru and his brother-in-law Harish Solanki resisted, citing the danger, the employee, Vitthal Chavan, said: It's fine, we do it every day.

Holy fuck dude
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KazumaKiryu posted...

A hospital employee described as a ward boy told Maru that it was fine to bring the tank inside and that the MRI machine was off. When Maru and his brother-in-law Harish Solanki resisted, citing the danger, the employee, Vitthal Chavan, said: It's fine, we do it every day.

Was this "ward boy" new or something? What the fuck.
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KazumaKiryu posted...

when he entered the MRI room with a metal oxygen tank

Rip. I've seen horrible things from working in facilities management at a hospital that our Biomed team have shown me.
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When someone says the dangerous machine is off it's never really off

That's how I got tricked into touching an electric fence when I was a kid
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eston posted...

KazumaKiryu posted...

A hospital employee described as a ward boy told Maru that it was fine to bring the tank inside and that the MRI machine was off. When Maru and his brother-in-law Harish Solanki resisted, citing the danger, the employee, Vitthal Chavan, said: It's fine, we do it every day.

Holy fuck dude

What the fuck. MRI machines don't "turn off". They're still charged even when not in use and they're ridiculously powerful magnets.
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thronedfire2 posted...

When someone says the dangerous machine is off it's never really off

That's how I got tricked into touching an electric fence when I was a kid

MRI machines don't really ever actually turn off to begin with.
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Trigg3rH4ppy posted...

thronedfire2 posted...

When someone says the dangerous machine is off it's never really off

That's how I got tricked into touching an electric fence when I was a kid

MRI machines don't really ever actually turn off to begin with.

It's fine, they do it every day
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I actually work with MRI machines, not as a medical professional but as a structural mechanic. We do the reinforcements to buildings before the machine is installed, because they weigh upwards of 30,000 pounds. Rule one of working around an MRI:

THE MAGNET IS ALWAYS ON
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Why was a "ward boy" put in charge of a hideously dangerous machine without the most basic of training on the thing that makes it hideously dangerous

I guess "India" is the answer
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r4X0r posted...

I actually work with MRI machines, not as a medical professional but as a structural mechanic. We do the reinforcements to buildings before the machine is installed, because they weigh upwards of 30,000 pounds. Rule one of working around an MRI:

THE MAGNET IS NEVER OFF

Holy fuck, really

How is it transported to its ward then? Crane lift?
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Yeah it's a little disturbing that the guys visiting knew better and the employee did not
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thronedfire2 posted...

Why the fuck is some patients brother helping with an MRI and not a hospital employee

Because it took place in Mumbai. Not all hospitals are up to our standards. There shouldn't even be fucking nurses in that room without a 1:1 ratio of mri techs to make sure things like this don't happen.
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To be clear, MRIs do have an off button, famously called the "crunch" button. But pressing it literally destroys a multi-million dollar piece of equipment.
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Imagine walking into that with Prince Albert.
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I have had 4 MRI in the past 2 years. These are really cool machines. Wished they didn't reveal so many images with so many scars in my brain, though :(
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