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August 19, 2005

M.R.I.’s Strong Magnets Cited in Accidents - New York Times

Filed under: Gadgets, Health, Stupid People — anton @ 10:59 am


M.R.I.’s Strong Magnets Cited in Accidents - New York Times

If you every go for an MRI, make sure there isn’t any ferromagnetic metal on your person.

The pictures and stories are the stuff of slapstick: wheelchairs, gurneys and even floor polishers jammed deep inside M.R.I. scanners whose powerful magnets grabbed them from the hands of careless hospital workers.

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