• drool@lemmy.catsp.it
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    8 days ago

    He wasn’t supposed to be in the room. There was a scan in progress when he entered.

    Seems to me all they needed was a magnet of equal or greater strength placed opposite of, and perhaps a bit closer to the doorway, to pull intruders away from the MRI room.

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      8 days ago

      His wife told News 12 Long Island in a recorded interview that she was undergoing an MRI on her knee when she asked the technician to get her husband to help her get off the table. She said she called out to him.

      Whole thing is heart breaking all around. I feel for the technician who made an honest but very serious mistake. And I’m sure the wife will spend her days regretting asking for help. Just a fucking tragic situation. :/

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      all they needed was a magnet of equal or greater strength

      MRI magnets are electromagnets that are supercooled with liquid helium and take hours to start or stop because of the electrical energy that has to be put in or taken out.

      So just having a magnet of equal strengh for idiot defense would be a very significant waste of electricity and helium unfortunately

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        8 days ago

        Idk bc some of the articles seem to be contradicting but apparently the door had a lock and the deck opened it