# Woman Says Hospital Told Her to Use Zoo MRI

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**Created:** [January 15, 2009, 9:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/woman-says-hospital-told-her-to-use-zoo-mri/201492 "2009-01-15T09:13:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 7:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/woman-says-hospital-told-her-to-use-zoo-mri/201492/22 "2009-01-17T07:29:15Z")

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> [@Douglas the Pug](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/douglas-the-pug/39429/2):
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> Wrong, Some tables can handle up to 400-450lbs but if you are too fucking round to fit in the hole, then you are shit out of luck. Trust me I have delt with people like this.
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> And not everyone has an open MRI. People in this area are spoiled because of the amount of hospitals and technology available in this area. We had to call the Pittsburgh Zoo last year for an instance like this to see if they could help. It’s a shame, but it happens.

I’ve heard stories about this happening also when I worked at shadyside. I’m pretty sure the nurse/doc said “sorry our mri can not fit someone of your build but i’ve had people goto the zoo to get their mri done.” The lady only heard “goto the zoo.”

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