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How Safe Are MRIs?

Dr George Lee Eng Geap, Consultant Urologist | Prof. Emeritus Dr Ng Kwan Hoong, Medical Physicist, Department of Biomedical Imaging, Universiti Malaya

15-Aug-25 16:00

How Safe Are MRIs?

Recently, Keith McAllister, a 61 year-old man in the US, died after being sucked in by an MRI machine’s magnetic force. We explore the safety of using MRI machines, and why screening measures are important to ensure that objects like the chain McAllister had been wearing are removed to prevent accidents.

Produced by: Tee Shiao Eek

Presented by: Tee Shiao Eek


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Categories:  medical advances

Tags:  radiographer,  the bigger picture,  health & living,  mri,  imaging,  patient safety, 


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