Child Dies in MRI Machine

[Mark Dater <mdater@Gilead.com>]

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Child Dies in MRI Machine 

The Associated Press

Monday, July 30, 2001; 2:42 p.m. EDT 

VALHALLA, N.Y. -- A child undergoing an MRI exam received a fatal head wound

when the machine's powerful magnet pulled a metal oxygen canister inside,

the Westchester Medical Center said Monday. 

The child, whom the medical center would not identify by name, sex or age,

died Sunday. 

The hospital said the child was sedated following an operation Friday and

was inside the machine when the 10-ton electromagnet drew the canister. 

Edward Stolzenberg, president and chief executive of the medical center,

said the hospital assumes full responsibility and "will do anything it can

to ease the family's grief." 

Investigations are under way by the medical center and the state Health

Department. 

© Copyright 2001 The Associated Press 





























Mark Dater

Gilead Sciences, Inc.



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