Local reports claim the man was yanked towards the machine by a magnetic force after he entered the room while carrying an oxygen tank.
A man died at a hospital in India after reportedly being pulled into a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine Saturday.
The man, who local media identified as Rajesh Maruti Maru, met his tragic fate after entering an MRI testing room while holding an oxygen tank. He entered the room after receiving the okay to proceed from the hospital staff member, the Washington Post reported.
However, the employee who instructed Maru to enter was reportedly unaware that the machine was turned on and, upon entering the room, Maru was pulled into the machine and trapped by its magnetic force.
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Maru reportedly died within minutes of entering the room. His hand had reportedly been trapped against the machine by the leaking oxygen tank.
“Magnetic force of the machine sucked him in. We are not sure how he went so close. An inquiry is on,” Dr. Ramesh Bharmal, the dean of the BYL Nair Charitable Hospital where Maru died, told the Indian Express.
According to the report, medical staffers claimed the knob on oxygen tank broke when Maru was pulled into the chamber, which caused it to leak.
Relatives of Maru say the 32-year-old was visiting his sister’s mother-in-law at the hospital, who had been scheduled to undergo an MRI scan, and medical staff had asked Maru to carry the tank into the room, NDTV reported .
Maru’s relative, Harish Solanki, blamed hospital staffers for his death. “It’s because of their carelessness that Rajesh died,” he told NDTV.
According to the Washington Post, three hospital employees, including a doctor, have been arrested on suspicion of negligence.
“It is a tragic incident, and we will cooperate with police officials,” Ramesh Bharmal, the dean of Bai Yamunabai Laxman Nair Charitable Hospital, told NDTV.
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