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Terrible: An oxygen tank was sucked into an MRI machine and caused the death of a man
A 60-year-old man died during an MRI scan after an oxygen balloon was sucked into the test device and hit his head.
And this is not the first case such an accident has occurred
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Wednesday, 27 October 2021, 09:44
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Here's an anxiety that probably does not cross your mind when you go for an MRI scan: A man dies after an oxygen tank is pumped into a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine in which he is being examined.
The 60-year-old patient was examined at a hospital in the South Korean city of Gima, and according to police reports he was hit in the head by a 60-kilogram oxygen tank that flew into the MRI machine after being activated.
MRI machines work by a very strong magnetic force to produce images of the various parts of the body, which is why before entering a room where such a machine is located, the patient is asked to remove jewelry and metal objects, if any.
Police are investigating how the oxygen tank was brought into the room in the first place.
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MRI is a test that usually lasts between a quarter of an hour and an hour and a half, in which it is not possible to move, since displacement can impair the quality of the image created by the combination of the photographed sections.
Because the test is performed using a strong magnet, there are cases where due to foreign metal bodies in the body it is not possible to perform it.
For example, patients with pacemakers, cochlear implants, intrauterine contraceptives or metal fragments from old injuries - can not perform the test.
Works on very strong magnetic force.
MRI machine (Photo: ShutterStock)
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This is not the first incident involving an MRI machine and an oxygen tank.
In 2018 an Indian man died after being sucked into an MRI machine while visiting a relative at Nair Hospital in Mumbai, India.
Rajesh Marrow, 32, was dragged into the machine by its magnetic force after entering a room with an oxygen balloon.
A tragic incident identical to the current one occurred in 2001, when a six-year-old boy who underwent an MRI scan in New York died when a metal oxygen tank flew towards an MRI machine and crushed his skull.
"Even though this is an incident with zero probability of occurring, such accidents still continue to happen fairly regularly, and it is a certificate of poverty in the field of radiology," said Tobias Gilk, senior vice president of Radiology-Planning, which manufactures such devices, following the recent accident.
"The fact is that almost nowhere in the world are there any explicit rules or requirements to follow best practices that will help prevent just this type of accident."
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