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the first. Hence this might not reflect the safety practice that take place at the other units since the other few may have the different designs which may meet international standards

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**•** As a matter of urgency, professional bodies and Korle Bu Teaching Hospital should col‐ laborate to produce a framework for the operational safety of MRI unit for the radiology department. In this framework, the department should come out with policy manuals and guidelines which would include specific safety issues which relate to the Ghanaian setting, training programmes to enhance the knowledge base of the radiographers. This should be reviewed regularly to meet the rapid advancement to the MRI technology.

**•** To equip the radiographers with practical experience in the use of MRI, the periodic rota‐ tion should be effectively implemented or more radiographers should be encouraged to

**•** The curriculum of the Diagnostic Radiography programme of the University should be thoroughly reviewed to cover the operational safety issues of the MRI. The practical ex‐ aminations conducted during the final year should include all aspect of the medical imag‐ ing modalities and not only the conventional radiography. This is will equip the students

A photograph of the wheelchair that got trapped in the gantry of the MRI Scanner on the

**7.3. Recommendations**

**Appendix I**

**Figure 2.**

upgrade themselves in the operations of MRI.

with adequate practical experience of all the imaging modalities.

12th of May, 2010 at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra. Ghana

MRI Incidents in different parts of the World

**Figure 3.**

**Figure 4.**

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