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Ms. Toad

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13. Yup.

Sun Jul 20, 2025, 08:07 PM

Jul 20

They usually guard the MRI room very carefully because of the dire consequences of something going wrong. It sounded like the guy's wife asked the attendant to get her husband for assistance, got no response, so the guy responded.

My daughter has a scan every year - and occasionally I have been allowed in with her. They have had quite the routine to make sure that not only does she not have any metal, neither did I. Aside from the human cost, it can cost $50,000 or more to shut the thing down, which they have to do to release anything which attaches itself to the machine (like a heavy chain, a metal wheelchair, etc.) And it may have to be off for a few days.

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Man dies after being pulled into an MRI by a metal chain he wore, police say [View all] malaise Jul 20 OP

Yikes! ProfessorGAC Jul 20 #1

Scary but they do warn you malaise Jul 20 #2

20 lbs, plus a large lock. n/t Ms. Toad Jul 20 #4

I saw that malaise Jul 20 #6

Yeah, I Read That Afterward ProfessorGAC Jul 20 #10

Yup. Ms. Toad Jul 20 #13

That's a terrible Greg_In_SF Jul 20 #3

Literally malaise Jul 20 #5

That's an interesting case. Disaffected Jul 20 #7

Thanks for this malaise Jul 20 #8

Same thing ForgedCrank Jul 20 #16

Yeah, I don't quite understand it either. Disaffected Jul 20 #17

I guess he hadn't watched "Final Destination: Bloodlines" Fla_Democrat Jul 20 #9

. dalton99a Jul 20 #11

Don't they tell you to take off anything metallic before you enter a room with an MRI? sakabatou Jul 20 #12

Wife called him in the room malaise Jul 20 #15

Just to confirm that gold is not a problem. LAS14 Jul 20 #14

A 20lb chain with a large lock!? K. Chellee Jul 20 #18