Nothing you are going to type here is going to change the comments made by the tech operating the imaging system while I'm testing network connections right next to him around fifteen years ago.
I know someone with metal pins in their leg and they have had a MRI. It depends on the metal. Since I didn't specify what kind of metal everyone rushes forward to speculate on how wrong I am.
I guess I just never paid attention to it. My usage of debian goes back thirty years. Like other utterly unimportant facts I am no wiser for having heard it. I pay attention to things that matter.
I haven't heard of one but surely there is a go fund me for this kids continued education?