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The Independent
21-07-2025
- Health
- The Independent
Woman having MRI scan describes horrifying moment her husband was killed when the machine pulled him in
The family of a man who was fatally sucked into an MRI machine while his wife was receiving treatment has described how the tragic incident unfolded. Adrienne Jones-McAllister was undergoing a routine knee scan when she asked a technician at Nassau Open MRI in Westbury, Long Island, to fetch her husband from the waiting area. Keith McAllister, 61, entered the examination room to help his wife get back to her feet near the end of the scan. But instead, the machine's strong magnetic pull dragged McAllister's 20-pound weight-training chain in. Jones-McAllister said that she and a technician tried to pry McAllister away from the machine while she pleaded for someone to turn it off. 'I was saying 'turn off the machine, call 911, do something, turn this damn thing off!' Jones-McAllister told News 12 Long Island. 'He waved goodbye to me and his whole body went limp.' Jones-McAllister said that her husband died the day after the incident last Wednesday after suffering from a series of heart attacks, with the Nassau County Police Department earlier reporting that the man experienced a 'medical episode.' 'I haven't been able to sleep, I'm barely eating. I just can't believe...,' she said. 'I'm just trying to wrap my head around the whole thing.' McAllister's stepdaughter Samantha Bodden has set up a GoFundMe campaign page to help the family cover funeral costs. In the description of the fundraiser, which had raised more than $3,300 by Monday morning, Bodden said her mother and the technician 'tried for several minutes to release him' before calling the authorities. McAllister was attached to the machine for almost an hour before they could release the chain from the machine, she added. Bodden insisted that, despite some reports, her stepfather was allowed to be in the room. 'Was it a freak accident - yes. However him being in that room wasn't unauthorized,' she said in a Facebook post a day after McAllister's death. MRI machines are designed to find ailments in the body using powerful magnets. The magnetic field of an MRI scanner extends beyond the machine and exerts powerful forces on iron, some steels, and other magnetizable objects. It is even strong enough to fling a wheelchair across the room, according to the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering. In a post on Saturday, Bodden attempted to clear up why the hospital didn't 'just shut the machine off.' 'A MRI machine is a magnet. An extremely powerful magnet,' she began. 'Even after the machine is cut off for emergencies the magnet still holds a great force of power.' 'So yes, it was strong enough to suck him in which it did and left him that way for a very very long time. He definitely didn't deserve to go out like that [so much f***ing hate].'
Yahoo
21-07-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Man wearing heavy metallic necklace dies after being sucked into MRI machine
A 61-year-old man has died after he was sucked into a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine at a medical centre while he was wearing a heavy metal necklace. The man entered a room at Nassau Open MRI in Westbury, on New York's Long Island, without permission as the MRI machine was running, Nassau County Police Department said. His wife told local media she had called him into the MRI room after her scan and his chain necklace caused him to be hurled towards the machine when he walked in. Officials say the incident "resulted in a medical episode" and the man was later pronounced dead. MRI machines use a strong magnetic field to produce detailed images. Patients are typically asked to remove metal items and change out of their clothes before undergoing MRI scans or going near the machine. "The male victim was wearing a large metallic chain around his neck causing him to be drawn into the machine, which resulted in a medical episode," said Nassau County Police Department, which is investigating the incident. Though police have not named the victim, Adrienne Jones-McAllister told local television station News 12 Long Island that it was her husband, Keith, who died. "He waved goodbye to me and then his whole body went limp," she said. Ms Jones-McAllister said she was getting an MRI scan on her knee and asked her husband to come in to help her get up afterwards. She said he was wearing a 20lb (9kg) chain with a lock that he used for weight training. "At that instant, the machine switched him around, pulled him in, and he hit the MRI," she said. Ms Jones-McAllister said the visit on 16 July was not her and her husband's first time at the MRI facility. It was also not the first time that the employee had seen her husband's weight that he used for training, she said. She claimed an employee and her husband previously "had a conversation about it before: 'Oh that's a big chain'". Ms Jones-McAllister said the technician tried to pull her husband away from the machine. "I'm saying, 'Could you turn off the machine?" she said. "Call 911. Do something. Turn this damn thing off!'" The BBC has contacted Nassau Open MRI for comment. According to the US Food and Drug Administration, MRI machines have magnetic fields that will attract magnetic objects of all sizes - keys, mobile phones and even oxygen tanks - which "may cause damage to the scanner or injury to the patient or medical professionals if those objects become projectiles". In 2001, a six-year-old boy died of a fractured skull at a New York City medical centre while undergoing an MRI exam after its powerful magnetic force propelled an oxygen tank across the room. Solve the daily Crossword
ABC News
21-07-2025
- Health
- ABC News
Man wearing 'large metallic chain' dies after being sucked into MRI machine
A 61-year-old man has died after he was sucked into a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine at a medical centre in New York. He was wearing a "large metallic chain" when he entered a room on Wednesday, local time, without permission as an MRI machine was running, police said. The accident highlighted the importance of checking for any metallic objects before going near the powerful magnets used in medical imaging machines. Here's what we know. On Wednesday afternoon, the man entered an MRI room while a scan was underway at Nassau Open MRI in Westbury, New York, on Long Island. The machine's strong magnetic force drew him in by the weight-training chain around his neck, according to a statement from the Nassau County Police Department. This prompted an unspecified "medical episode", police said. Though police have not named the victim, a patient at the facility told local media her husband, Keith, was the one who died. Adrienne Jones-McAllister said she was having a scan on her knee when she asked the technician to get her husband to help her get off the table, a task he normally did at her appointments. She said he was wearing a 9-kilogram chain with a lock that he used for weight training. Ms Jones-McAllister said the technician helped her try to pull Keith off the machine but it was impossible. "I said: 'Could you turn off the machine, call 911, do something, Turn this damn thing off!'" she recalled. "He waved goodbye to me and then his whole body went limp." In the interview with local media, Ms Jones-McAllister said this wasn't the first time she and her husband had been to Nassau Open MRI. "That was not the first time that guy has seen that chain" on her husband, she said. "They had a conversation about it before." The man was taken to hospital in critical condition before he died on Thursday after suffering several heart attacks. The police investigation is ongoing. MRI machines use a strong magnetic field to produce detailed images of the inside of a body. An MRI scanner is often shaped like a tunnel, with a table for a person to lie on that slides through the middle. Here's a bit more on that according to Health Direct: The scanner uses strong magnetic fields and radio waves to generate signals from the body. These are picked up by a radio antenna and processed by a computer to create detailed pictures. Patients are typically asked to remove metal items and change out of their clothes before undergoing scans or going near the machine. An MRI scan is generally safe and poses almost no risk to the average person. Although it doesn't emit the ionising radiation that is found in an X-ray and CT imaging, it does employ a strong magnetic field. The magnetic field extends beyond the machine and exerts very powerful forces on objects of iron, some steels and other magnetisable objects. For example, something as small as keys to something as large, or larger, than an oxygen tank can become a projectile. The US National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) says MRI units are "strong enough to fling a wheelchair across the room". Because of these types of risks, patients must notify their doctors about any medical implants prior to an MRI in case they contain any metallic materials. Pacemakers, insulin pumps, stents and cochlear implants are all examples of implants that should under no circumstances enter an MRI machine, the NIBIB says. Other objects such as surgical clips, bullets, plates, body piercings, screws or wire mesh may also not be allowed in an MRI exam room. But the US Food and Drug Administration says adverse events for MRI scans are rare. Millions of MRI scans are performed in the US every year. The FDA receives about 300 adverse event reports for MRI scanners and coils each year from manufacturers, distributors and patients. In 2001, a six-year-old boy died of a fractured skull at a New York City medical centre while undergoing an MRI exam. Its powerful magnetic force propelled an oxygen tank across the room and into the chamber. ABC with wires
Yahoo
20-07-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Man wearing heavy metallic necklace dies after being sucked into MRI machine
A 61-year-old man has died after he was sucked into a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine at a medical centre while he was wearing a heavy metal necklace. The man, who has not been identified, entered a room at Nassau Open MRI in Westbury, on New York's Long Island, without permission as the MRI machine was running, Nassau County Police Department said. A patient at the facility told local media her husband was the one who died. She said she had called him into the room after she had a scan on Wednesday. Officials say the incident "resulted in a medical episode" and the man was taken to the hospital, where he died on Thursday. MRI machines use a strong magnetic field to produce detailed images. Patients are typically asked to remove metal items and change out of their clothes before undergoing MRI scans or going near the machine. "The male victim was wearing a large metallic chain around his neck causing him to be drawn into the machine, which resulted in a medical episode," said Nassau County Police Department, which is investigating the incident. Though police have not named the victim, a woman, Adrienne Jones-McAllister, told local television station News 12 Long Island that it was her husband, Keith, who died. "He waved goodbye to me and then his whole body went limp," she said tearfully. Ms Jones-McAllister told the outlet she was getting an MRI on her knee and asked her husband to come in to help her get up afterwards. She said he was wearing a 20lb (9kg) chain with a lock that he used for weight training. "At that instant, the machine switched him around, pulled him in, and he hit the MRI," she said. Ms Jones-McAllister said the technician had tried to pull her husband away from the machine. "I'm saying, 'Could you turn off the machine?" she told the outlet. "Call 911. Do something. Turn this damn thing off!'" The BBC has contacted Nassau Open MRI for comment. According to the US Food and Drug Administration, MRI machines have magnetic fields that will attract magnetic objects of all sizes - keys, mobile phones and even oxygen tanks - which "may cause damage to the scanner or injury to the patient or medical professionals if those objects become projectiles". In 2001, a six-year-old boy died of a fractured skull at a New York City medical centre while undergoing an MRI exam after its powerful magnetic force propelled an oxygen tank across the room.
Yahoo
20-07-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Man wearing heavy metallic necklace dies after being sucked into MRI machine
A 61-year-old man has died after he was sucked into a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine at a medical centre while he was wearing a heavy metal necklace. The man, who has not been identified, entered a room at Nassau Open MRI in Westbury, on New York's Long Island, without permission as the MRI machine was running, Nassau County Police Department said. A patient at the facility told local media her husband was the one who died. She said she had called him into the room after she had a scan on Wednesday. Officials say the incident "resulted in a medical episode" and the man was taken to the hospital, where he died on Thursday. MRI machines use a strong magnetic field to produce detailed images. Patients are typically asked to remove metal items and change out of their clothes before undergoing MRI scans or going near the machine. "The male victim was wearing a large metallic chain around his neck causing him to be drawn into the machine, which resulted in a medical episode," said Nassau County Police Department, which is investigating the incident. Though police have not named the victim, Adrienne Jones-McAllister told local television station News 12 Long Island that it was her husband, Keith, who died. "He waved goodbye to me and then his whole body went limp," she said tearfully. Ms Jones-McAllister told the outlet she was getting an MRI on her knee and asked her husband to come in to help her get up afterwards. She said he was wearing a 20lb (9kg) chain with a lock that he used for weight training. "At that instant, the machine switched him around, pulled him in, and he hit the MRI," she said. Ms Jones-McAllister said the technician had tried to pull her husband away from the machine. "I'm saying, 'Could you turn off the machine?" she told the outlet. "Call 911. Do something. Turn this damn thing off!'" The BBC has contacted Nassau Open MRI for comment. According to the US Food and Drug Administration, MRI machines have magnetic fields that will attract magnetic objects of all sizes - keys, mobile phones and even oxygen tanks - which "may cause damage to the scanner or injury to the patient or medical professionals if those objects become projectiles". In 2001, a six-year-old boy died of a fractured skull at a New York City medical centre while undergoing an MRI exam after its powerful magnetic force propelled an oxygen tank across the room.
