Woman dies after airport scanner interferes with her pacemaker (Russia)
Nov 22, 2014, 1:33 pm
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Woman dies after airport scanner interferes with her pacemaker (Russia)
A woman fitted with a pacemaker has died after passing through an airport scanner in the southern Russian town of Ulan-Ude.
Diana Tolstova, 30, died in the airport minutes after passing through the scanner. Her husband Maxim, 33, said that they had provided papers proving that Mrs Tolstova was fitted with the heart device – which is adversely affected by airport scanners.
Diana Tolstova, 30, died in the airport minutes after passing through the scanner. Her husband Maxim, 33, said that they had provided papers proving that Mrs Tolstova was fitted with the heart device – which is adversely affected by airport scanners.
Nov 23, 2014, 11:33 pm
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Wow! I cannot not believe this. How it did happen? She cannot go through the scanner. She had a pacemaker. She does not want go through the scanners. She gotten almost heart attacks. She doesn't want to get a heart attacks.
Who fault?
Who fault?
Nov 24, 2014, 12:58 am
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I recently flew out of a small Russian airport (think 5 flights a day), where no-one spoke any English and my Russian wasn't much better. I wear an insulin pump and the lady guarding the WTMD initially thinking it was a mobile phone, tried to get me to remove it. When I pointed out it was connected to my body, she immediately sent me round the WTMD and wouldn't let me through it all. I think she suspected it was a pacemaker. I ended up with a cursory pat-down the other side of the detector. All very friendly and all communications by hand-waving.
Nov 24, 2014, 11:13 am
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Yeah, why in the world did she go through the scanner? I see nothing in there about them forcing her.
Nov 24, 2014, 1:33 pm
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Nov 24, 2014, 4:09 pm
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I found a Russian version of the article with more details here:
http://www.infpol.ru/glavnye-novosti...odetektor.html
It wasn't a full body scanner but a plain old pre-9/11 metal detector.
From both reports it's unclear if she was forced through but given the Russian version says she'd never flown, I suspect she walked through without understanding what was going on.
http://www.infpol.ru/glavnye-novosti...odetektor.html
It wasn't a full body scanner but a plain old pre-9/11 metal detector.
From both reports it's unclear if she was forced through but given the Russian version says she'd never flown, I suspect she walked through without understanding what was going on.
Nov 24, 2014, 8:57 pm
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http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/532028
In case anyone wants to read medical literature about implanted devices.
The title is misleading as the article doesn't appear to have any reliable sources to attribute to her cause of death.
In case anyone wants to read medical literature about implanted devices.
The title is misleading as the article doesn't appear to have any reliable sources to attribute to her cause of death.
Nov 24, 2014, 9:49 pm
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That makes more sense. She knew she wasn't supposed to go through the scanner but she didn't recognize the scanner and went through it anyway.
Nov 25, 2014, 1:15 am
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My mom have an implanted pacemaker.
She has a special ID tag that she shows airport security and she is pat down with a wand instead of going through any scanner.
She was warned about pacemaker and airport security scanners.
She has a special ID tag that she shows airport security and she is pat down with a wand instead of going through any scanner.
She was warned about pacemaker and airport security scanners.
Nov 25, 2014, 6:55 am
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Nov 25, 2014, 8:35 am
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http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/532028
In case anyone wants to read medical literature about implanted devices.
The title is misleading as the article doesn't appear to have any reliable sources to attribute to her cause of death.
In case anyone wants to read medical literature about implanted devices.
The title is misleading as the article doesn't appear to have any reliable sources to attribute to her cause of death.
You're correct, all of the new reporting is simply attributing it to the metal detector because it is the most likely cause, however it's possible that some other factor caused it as well.