Egyptian woman, Eman Ahmed Abdelaty who is said to be the world’s heaviest at 500 kilos has lost 100 kilograms before undergoing a successful surgery in India.
The Saifee Hospital in Mumbai released a statement that the medical team had successfully performed the surgery with no hiccups, according to a report by AFP.
“Eman Successfully underwent a Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy on March 7th… she had an uneventful surgery and anesthesia course” said the statement.
According to Dr Muffazal Lakdawala, spokeswoman, who is leading Eman’s treatment, the 37 year old has been brought under 400 kilograms since she arrived in Mumbai in early February.
“Eman has lost over 100 kilograms and has been shedding weight gradually on a daily basis with all the treatment and support,” she told AFP.
Eman Ahmed was put on a special liquid diet when she arrived in India to get her weight down to a low enough level for them to be able to operate. Bariatric surgery is a stomach-shrinking bypass procedure carried out on those wanting to lose excessive weight.
“The future course of action for the medical team working on her will be to correct all her associated medical problems, to get her fit enough to fly back to Egypt as soon as possible” the statement further said.
Eman has suffered a stroke and faced a series of other serious ailments owing to her weight including diabetes, high blood pressure, hypertension and sleep deprivation.
Eman an Egyptian from the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria had not left her house in over two decades until she was flown to Mumbai in a specially modified Airbus on Saturday 11 February for treatment.
The doctors say that she is now able to sit up and is expected to spend several months being monitored and receiving physiotherapy to exercise her muscles before returning to Egypt.
The Egyptian is still believed to be the world’s heaviest woman ahead of American Pauline Potter who the Guinness Book of World Records recorded at 293 kilos in July last year.
