The Transportation and Security Agency (TSA) is under fire after agents in Dallas strip-searched a woman and handled her feeding tube. John Deaton told NBC Dallas-Fort Worth that his the feeding tube implanted in his wife’s stomach was medically necessary after she had complications from gastric bypass surgery. During a recent trip from Dallas to Minneapolis for treatment at the Mayo Clinic, Deaton and his wife were shocked when agents fiddled with the feeding tube as they checked it for explosives. “They had physically stripped her and saw the tube coming out of her stomach, and they decided that they needed to check it for explosives, so they had to physically handle the tube,” Deaton recalled, adding that swabbing the tube for explosives put his wife at a risk for infections. “Any time you put a harsh substance on it, you run the risk of contamination,” he explained. “They put stuff on there that we don’t know what it is and identify. She has a weak immune system as part of her medical condition, and it can be very fatal to her. TSA spokesperson Luis Casanova wouldn’t discuss the Deaton’s case, but did say agents were not supposed to handle feeding tubes. ”...more
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