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2023: Gun carried into MRI room on its own fired and killed Brazilian
On February 6, 2023, information appeared that a man was mortally injured in Brazil, approaching a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus with a loaded pistol.
Forty-year-old lawyer Leandro Matthias de Novaes allegedly took a gun with him as he accompanied his mother to a medical center appointment, hiding it under his belt. The gun lover, despite a warning from paramedics that all metal objects must be left before entering the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) office, went there with a loaded pistol.
Armed, Leandro Matthias de Novaes wanted to support his mother, who was undergoing an MRI procedure. Unfortunately, it all ended with the gun firing, fatally wounding the man in the stomach. Leandro Matthias de Novaes died of his injuries. According to local media reports, Leandro Matthias de Novaez's weapon was pulled from his belt by a car, after which it hit him in the stomach. He had a license to carry a weapon, but it's unclear why he didn't remove it before entering the MRI room.
 | Both the patient and her companion were properly instructed on the procedure for entering the viewing room and warned to remove all metal objects. The woman's companion did not mention the firearm, and entered the examination room with the subject at his decision, the medical center said in a statement. |  |
MRI machines work by creating powerful magnetic fields (as well as radio waves) aimed at hydrogen nuclei (protons) in water. When protons are exposed to a magnetic field (about a thousand times stronger than a magnet in a refrigerator), their axes align. According to the safety instructions for February 2023, MRI should not be done with metal objects (magnetizing). The patient is obliged to warn the radiologist about fragments, bullets, metal pins, plates, implants and orthodontic devices or piercings. Safety rules provide for a survey before the procedure, identification for the presence of jewelry, metal parts of clothing, clips, watches and other things.[1]
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