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Now you are at the Trolley problem: shut down the machine to (maybe) save one person, but preventing all MRIs for the next x weeks, causing y indirect deaths?

• drbscl 1y ago
  You're not exactly going to be running many scans with a human corpse stuck in the MRI machine...
• ashtonbaker 1y ago
  It'll need to be shut down anyway to pull the giant metal chain out. You might as well do it right away. Patients can and will be rescheduled to other MRI facilities.
• swat535 1y ago
  I'm not sure how this is a Trolley problem? It's a logistics and legislation problem. Hospitals need to be adequately prepared for emergencies and handle backups. I think a death machine that can't be stopped is an issue.
• cvoss 1y ago
  The Trolley problem is only a problem because there is perfect information in the hypothetical about the consequences of your actions. In real life, you have far less information to go on, which often leads to a more obvious right answer. Shutting down the machine to try to save the one person right in front of you that you know is in immediate danger is the right answer, versus the far less knowable hypothetical future where some number of people may or may not have delayed or relocated scans which may or may not have delayed treatment that may or may not have been immediately necessary as a life-saving matter. As a private MRI operator, you are not morally responsible for keeping your machine functional in order to help keep (figurative) passers-by alive. But you are morally responsible for the health and safety of the patients and visitors on your premises.