Woman dies at airport after security scanner caused pacemaker malfunction
A 30-year-old woman has died in her husband's arms after her pacemaker was affected by an airport security scanner.
The tragic incident occurred in the southern Russian town of Ulan-Ude.
Diana Tolstova died in the airport just minutes after passing through the scanner. Her husband Maxim, 33, said the couple had provided the airport with papers detailing the pacemaker.
According to the Daily Telegraph, Maxim said: "I don't know what happened but she went through it anyway.
"When we got to the departure gate she began to feel dizzy and suddenly collapsed.
"I grabbed her in my arms and called for medical help.
"It took a few minutes before hospital doctors arrived, and when they did they didn't know what to do. They didn't give her any first aid and they didn't call an ambulance.
"My beautiful Diana died in my arms."
According to the Mirror, a spokesman said: "Security and airport personnel are given strict instructions about how to handle people with pacemakers and we warn them never to let a wearer go through a metal detector.
"In normal circumstances they see their papers and let them pass.
"In this case, the patient seems to either have forgotten about it, didn't know or became confused by the airport security arrangements.
"But every patient receives a strict warning."
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