Mumbai: Man dies after being sucked into MRI machine, CM Fadnavis announces Rs 5 lakh compensation

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced compensation of Rs 5 lakh to kin of Lalbaug resident Rajesh Maruti Maru (32) who died in Nair Hospital on Saturday night after getting sucked into Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine. The death highlights a major issue at civic-run hospitals where patients’ relatives are forced to do meant for hospital’s class II and III employees. The victim was carrying an oxygen cylinder before he was pulled into the machine. The Agripada police registered a case under IPC section 304, culpable homicide not amounting to murder, against the hospital administration. Three people, on-duty doctor Saurabh, ward boy Vitthal Chavan and ayah Sunita Surwe, have been named accused in the FIR. The Nair hospital has submitted CCTV footage of outside the diagnostic room to police for further investigation. Naranbhai Jitiya, Maru’s relative, said, “He died within two minutes of getting sucked inside. There was no one to help.” Solanki added, “Our family is in shock. How can the hospital be so careless?” Maru’s relative, Laxmibai, remains admitted in intensive care unit of the hospital. His body was taken to JJ Hospital when Dr G Chavan conducted the post-mortem on Sunday. According to Agripada senior police inspector Savalaram Agawane, the three hospital employees were detained for questioning on Sunday. “The ward boy and ayah were with the patient. But relatives should ideally not be allowed inside. The ward boy or doctor should have told the family to not take oxygen cylinder close to the machine,” Agawane said. Source: Indian Express