A man in the Indian city of Mumbai is dead after being sucked into a magnetic resonance imaging machine also known as an MRI, an accident that has sparked concerns about the chaotic and sometimes dangerous conditions in India's government‑run hospitals.
Relatives said that Rajesh Maru had entered an MRI testing room at the hospital holding a cylinder of oxygen, after a hospital staff member gave him the OK to proceed and according to local news reports they didn't know that the machine was turned on, and Maru was pulled into it and trapped by the machine's magnetic force.
Maru died within minutes, his hand trapped against the machine by the leaking oxygen tank.
He was freed and taken to the emergency room in 10 minutes but was pronounced dead on arrival.
An autopsy report said he died from excessive air entering his lung, authorities are investigating the incident.
Source: Stuff.co
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