The world's fattest woman
will be flown on a specially modified Airbus to India for life-saving
weight reduction surgery after reaching 78 stone.
Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty, 36, is to fly from Egypt for the treatment, which will reduce the size of her stomach, having not left her home for 25 years.
She
will arrive in Mumbai in the early hours of Saturday morning and a team
of doctors have been working with her to prepare her for the journey.
Muffazal Lakdawala, her doctor, said
she will be flown on a specially modified Airbus and will be taken to
Mumbai's Saifee Hospital upon arrival, the statement said.
'To
prepare her (Eman) for the flight, a team of doctors has been in Egypt
for the last ten days to optimise the conditions for her travel,' a
statement said.
Abd El Aty's sister had approached Lakdawala in October saying her sibling needed urgent medical attention.
Her
family told the doctor that as a child she was diagnosed with
elephantiasis, a condition that causes the limbs and other body parts to
swell, leaving her almost immobile.
Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty as a child
She
later suffered a stroke and was rendered bedridden, triggering a series
of ailments including diabetes, high blood pressure, hypertension and
sleep apnoea.
After hearing about her case, Lakdawala had offered to carry out the procedure free of charge.
Her
request for a visa was initially rejected, prompting Lakdawala in
December to tweet a request for help to India's foreign minister Sushma
Swaraj.
At the time Swaraj was in hospital awaiting a kidney transplant but was quick to respond with an offer of help.
Abd
El Aty has had a long wait as no airliners were previously willing to
fly her from Egypt to India owing to her health complications.
Lakdawala
said: 'Transporting Eman to Mumbai is a challenging task keeping in
mind the complexities of her case as she is a high risk patient who has
not been able to move or leave the house for the past 25 years.'
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