MRI Shoots Woman
Not one but two stories this year illustrate the importance of being honest with your healthcare providers, especially before you enter an MRI room.
In July, the Food and Drug Administration received an adverse event report heavy on schadenfreude. In late June, a 57-year-old woman was about to enter a MRI machine when the handgun she had concealed was triggered by the machine’s powerful magnet and fired off a single round, straight into and through her right buttock.
The woman miraculously escaped serious injury, but a Brazilian man who experienced the same thing in January wasn’t so lucky. While assisting his mother with an MRI, his gun went off and fired into his stomach. He was hospitalized and ultimately succumbed to his injuries.
It’s well known that metal is a huge safety hazard around MRI machines, and people are routinely asked about and told not to bring them inside the room. In both cases, though, it appears the victims were dishonest about having firearms with them.
