Man pulled into mri machine after he walked into an exam room wearing a chain necklace
Police said the incident resulted in a medical episode that left the man hospitalized in critical condition. Authorities did not release his name and did not have an update on the man's condition on Friday. A person who answered the phone at Nassau Open MRI on Long Island declined to comment Friday.
MRI machines employ a strong magnetic field that exerts very powerful forces on objects of iron, some steels, and other magnetizable objects, according to the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, which says the units are strong enough to fling a wheelchair across the room.
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