Man sucked into MRI machine at Mumbai hospital, dies; doc, staff booked
January 28, 2018  14:26
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A first information report has been registered against Doctor Siddhant Shah, ward boy Vitthal Chavan and one woman ward attendant Sunita Surve under Section 304 A (causing death by negligence) in connection with Mumbai's Nair Hospital MRI machine death case.

Rajesh Maru, 32-year-old, lost his life on Saturday evening after he was sucked into a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine in the hospital.

CCTV footage of the incident has been handed over to the police by hospital authorities.

Maru's brother-in-law Harish Solanki, told ANI that his mother was admitted in the hospital and the deceased 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," he added.

Solanki further said the MRI machine was functioning when Maru was called in.

"As he entered the room the MRI machine sucked him in due to the magnetic force as he had oxygen cylinder with him. He died within 2 minutes. No hospital authority has approached us accepting their mistake," he stated.

The body has been sent for the post mortem in JJ Hospital.

The police said they are further investigating the matter.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced a compensation of Rs 5 lakh for Maru's family.

Family members of Maru along with local people and Bharaiya Janata Party MLA M P Lodha held protest inside dean's cabin at the hospital.  -- ANI

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