Lawyer dies after gun triggered by hospital MRI scanner

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A Brazilian lawyer tragically died after his gun was discharged by an MRI machine’s magnetic field at the hospital.

The freak accident occurred on January 16 while the gun-loving lawyer, named Leandro Mathias de Novaes, was taking his mother to get scanned at the Laboratorio Cura in São Paulo, Jam Press reported. Unbeknownst to hospital staff, the attorney had a registered firearm in his possession.

Staff had reportedly asked the pair to remove all metal objects before entering the MRI room, as is protocol at hospitals due to the device’s powerful magnetic field. However, Novaes decided to go in sans announcing his concealed weapon.

Disaster struck after the machine yanked the weapon from his waistband, causing it to go off and strike the lawyer in the stomach. He was subsequently rushed to the São Luiz Morumbi Hospital, where he hung on for weeks, before eventually succumbing to his injuries on February 6.
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Lawyer dies after gun triggered by hospital MRI scanner

 

[Joe King]

The phrase, play stupid games, win stupid prizes, comes to mind.

At least the idiot who brought the gun into the room was the one who got shot, instead of a nurse or doctor who were there just trying to do a days work.

 

[CiscoKid]

What a bizarre accident.

 

[Viking]

It’s a good start.

 

[Ensoniq]

What I learned from this incident

only carry titanium pistols on MRI day

 

[foolsgold]

The odds of this happening are a brazilian to one.