Man killed as he gets sucked into MRI machine in Mumbai hospital
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Man killed as he gets sucked into MRI machine in Mumbai hospital

January 29, 2018

Three held, CM announces compensation

Mumbai:  A 32-year-old man holding an oxygen cylinder was killed when he was sucked into an MRI machine after he entered the room at a hospital in Mumbai.

The victim, Rajesh Maru, was holding the oxygen cylinder for an elderly relative who was admitted at Nair Hospital and was helping her to get a scan when the machine’s massive magnetic force sucked him in, injuring him fatally.

The incident occurred at 8.30 pm on Saturday evening, when the family was waiting for a doctor outside the MRI room. The victim’s kin alleged that a ward boy asked Maru to enter room with the oxygen cylinder. When the family questioned if he could step inside the room with a metal object, the ward boy is said to have dismissed their doubts by saying, “it’s fine, we do it everyday.”

Police have registered an FIR against Doctor Siddhant Shah, ward boy Vitthal Chavan and one lady ward attendant Sunita Surve in connection with the case. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has announced a compensation of Rs.5 lakh for the victim’s kin.

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