Man dies after being sucked into MRI scanner at Indian hospital
Man was carrying oxygen cylinder which was pulled by machine's magnetic force and
then thought to have punctured Agence France-Presse The Guardian
Tue 30 Jan 2018 01.28 GMT
Last modified on Tue 30 Jan 2018 09.36 GMT
An Indian man died after being sucked into
an MRI machine while visiting a relative at a
hospital in Mumbai, police said Monday.
Rajesh Maru, 32, was yanked towards the machine
by its magnetic force after he entered the room
carrying an oxygen cylinder, the city's police
said in a statement.
"We have arrested a doctor and another junior
staff member under section 304 of the Indian penal code
for causing death due to negligence,
" Mumbai police spokesman Deepak Deoraj told AFP.
The incident occurred on Saturday night at
the Indian financial capital's Nair Hospital.
Police said preliminary reports suggested that the
man had died from inhaling liquid oxygen that
leaked from the cylinder.
It is thought the cylinder was damaged
after hitting the machine.
Ramesh Bharmal, the dean of the hospital,
told AFP that an investigation had been launched
to determine the exact cause of death,
adding CCTV footage of the incident had
been handed over to police.
The victim's uncle said Maru had been asked to
carry the cylinder by the junior staff member who
assured him the machine was switched off.
"The ward boy who was supposed to prevent
such incidents told my family members to go inside
when the machine was turned on.
We are shocked and devastated,"
Jitendra Maru told AFP.
The state government of Maharashtra,
of which Mumbai is the capital,
announced compensation of 500,000 rupees ($7,870)
for the victim's family.
MRI, or magnetic resonance imaging, machines use
a powerful magnetic field to produce images of
the body's organs. Objects containing ferrous metals
are pulled towards it and must not be
carried into the room.
In 2014 two hospital workers sustained injuries when
they were pinned between an MRI machine and a
metal oxygen tank for four hours at a
hospital in New Delhi.
In 2001, a six-year-old boy undergoing an MRI scan
in New York was killed when a metal oxygen tank
flew towards the machine and crushed his skull.
• This article was amended on 30 January 2018 to
clarify that ferrous metals, not all metals,
are pulled towards an MRI machine.
MRI Machine Kills Man In Mumbai
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