New Delhi, Jan 28: A 32-year-old man lost his life after he got sucked into a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine in Nair hospital in Mumbai Central on Saturday evening. The deceased Rajesh Maru was taking his relative to an MRI room but due to the magnetic force he himself got sucked into an MRI machine and died within 2 minutes.
An FIR has been registered under Section 304A of the Indian Penal Code against doctor Siddhant Shah, ward boy Vitthal Chavan and one lady attendant Sunita Surve in connection with the case. Speaking to ANI, Maru’s brother-in-law, Harish Solanki said that his mother was admitted in the hospital and he went to visit her.
“He went there to visit my ailing mother but we did not know he would meet such a fate. We all are in shock. A ward boy told him to carry an oxygen cylinder with him to MRI room which is prohibited. It all happened because of the carelessness of hospital’s doctors and administration. No security guard was either present to tell him that he should not carry oxygen cylinder with him to MRI room,” Solanki added.
The police said they are further investigating the matter. The body has been sent for the post mortem in JJ Hospital.
On the other hand, a day after the incident Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced a compensation of Rs 5 lakhs for Maru’s family.