Man pulled into MRI machine after he walked into an exam room wearing a chain necklace

WESTBURY N Y AP A man was hospitalized in New York after he was pulled into an MRI machine because he walked into the exam room wearing a large chain necklace police declared The man had entered an MRI room while a scan was underway Wednesday afternoon at Nassau Open MRI The machine s strong magnetic force drew him in by his metallic necklace according to the Nassau County Police Department Police disclosed the affair resulted in a physiological episode that left the man hospitalized in critical condition Officials did not release his name and did not have an update on the man s condition on Friday A person who answered the phone at Nassau Open MRI on Long Island declined to comment Friday MRI machines employ a strong magnetic field that exerts very powerful forces on objects of iron particular steels and other magnetizable objects according to the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering which says the units are strong enough to fling a wheelchair across the room