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This building built in the 60s has a sign warning you that there's a microwave (lemmy.world)

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[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 17 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

That's a feature btw, not a bug. If you go to the hospital with a pacemaker malfunction or we're trying to do cardioversion in a way the pacemaker doesn't do itself the only way we can turn it off is with a big magnet. That's why most ED and cardiac units have one for an emergency.

[–] Screen_Shatter@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

I’ve heard about that. In a sense it’s sort of both since it can really mess someone up if they aren’t aware of the magnet. Someone told me awhile ago they can now do more than shut off the pacemaker and can even adjust the settings with specific magnets to reduce the need for invasive procedures. Not sure what the extent of that is but pretty neat if true!