MUMBAI, INDIA — A 32-year-old man in India at a Mumbai hospital was sucked into an MRI machine Saturday night.<br /><br />According to India's Indian Express, Rajesh Maru was accompanying his mother-in-law to BYL Nair Hospital for an MRI scan. <br /><br />Maru was asked to carry an oxygen cylinder for a staff member, who assured him the machine was switched off.<br /><br />Maru was asked to carry an oxygen cylinder for a staff member who assured him the machine was switched off. When Maru entered the MRI room, the machine's high-powered magnets grabbed him like a tractor beam while he was still holding the cylinder.<br /><br />Maru's hand became caught between the MRI machine and the cylinder, with the magnetic field making it impossible for him to pull away. As Maru's mother-in-law cried for help, he was freed and rushed to the emergency room.<br /><br />Unfortunately, Maru did not survive the freak accident. Preliminary reports suggested he died from inhaling liquid oxygen that leaked from the cylinder.<br /><br />The hospital told AFP that an investigation had been launched into the cause of the accident. Maru's family have been given the equivalent of US$7,845 in compensation.
