A 61-year-old man wearing a chain necklace sustained critical injuries after being sucked into an MRI machine. The man entered the magnetic resonance imaging room at Nassau Open MRI in Nassau, New York, on Wednesday while the machine was in operation, and his large, metal chain pulled him to the machine, according to The Hill. He was transported to the hospital in “critical condition,” police announced. Police say that the man had accompanied someone else to the MRI center and was unauthorized to enter the room. MRI machines use powerful magnets to generate images of the body; MRI suites follow strict precautions since metallic objects can become dangerous projectiles while the machine is on. The National Institutes of Health claims that the machine is strong enough to “fling a wheelchair across the room.” Nassau Open MRI did not respond to a request for comment.
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