General Discussion

They usually guard the MRI room very carefully because of the dire consequences of something going wrong. It sounded like the guy's wife asked the attendant to get her husband for assistance, got no response, so the guy responded.

My daughter has a scan every year - and occasionally I have been allowed in with her. They have had quite the routine to make sure that not only does she not have any metal, neither did I. Aside from the human cost, it can cost $50,000 or more to shut the thing down, which they have to do to release anything which attaches itself to the machine (like a heavy chain, a metal wheelchair, etc.) And it may have to be off for a few days.