An Indian man died in a Mumbai hospital, on Saturday, after he got sucked into an MRI machine after carrying a metal oxygen cylinder into the room, reports NDTV.
Dr Siddhant Shah and ward boy Vitthal Chavan have been arrested.
Due to the magnetic field of the MRI machine, any metal objects such as jewelry, clothing with metallic fibers, zippers, buttons, underwire and even medical implants are not allowed inside the MRI room if the machine is switched on.
“When we told him that metallic things aren’t allowed inside an MRI room, he said ‘sab chalta hai, hamara roz ka kaam hai‘ (it’s okay, we do it every day). He also said that the machine was switched off. The doctor as well as the technician didn’t say anything,” said Harish Solanki, Maru’s relative, who was present at the hospital.
“As soon as he entered with the cylinder, it turned out that the machine was on,” Solanki said. A strong magnetic field pulled the oxygen cylinder towards it along with the man, eyewitnesses described.
His hand got stuck in the machine along with the cylinder, triggering a massive oxygen leak.
When Solanki and the ward boys pulled him out of the machine, Maru’s body was swollen and bleeding heavily. They rushed him to the emergency ward but he died within minutes.
“It’s because of their carelessness that he died,” Solanki blamed the staff, demanding action from the erring doctor and the ward boy responsible.
Local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmaker Member of Parliament (MP) Mangal Lodha has demanded compensation and stern action.
