Egyptian woman to be flown to UAE after row over weight loss treatment in India

NEW DELHI: An Egyptian woman believed to have been the world heaviest is being shifted to the United Arab Emirates ( UAE) for further treatment, said India’s privately-run Saifee hospital which has been treating her, China’s Xinhua news agency reported.

According to a statement issued by the hospital, Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty now weighs 172kg, down from an estimated 500 kg.

“The team of doctors at Saifee Hospital has done a fabulous job and her recovery has been unprecedented. She is stable and all parameters are under control. She will continue to need neurological rehabilitation and physiotherapy,” reads the statement issued by Aparna Bhasker, section chief of bariatric surgery, Saifee hospital Mumbai.

“As the treatment here concludes she is being shifted to Burjeel hospital in UAE,” it said.

According to doctors, 36-yearold Abd El Aty would receive “secondary physiotherapy” there as the hospital is “closer to home for Eman and her family.”

Earlier this week Abd El Aty’s sister accused renowned Mumbai doctor Muffazal Lakdawala, bariatric surgeon and the hospital of lying for publicity, kicking a row.

She posted a short video message on the social media questioning weight loss of her sister and improvement. Lakdawala strongly rejected her allegations.

Saifee hospital, located in Mumbai, in the statement, described treatment to Abd El Aty ‘a proud moment’ in Indian medical history.

“She came on a chartered cargo plane and goes back as a passenger on a flight in business class,” the statement said, showing latest pictures of Abd El Aty.

Abd El Aty was brought to Mumbai for weight reduction surgery in February to be treated by Lakdawala. The Indian doctors brought her to Mumbai in a specially furnished chattered flight with all the essential equipment like portable ventilator, portable defibrillator, oxygen cylinders, intubating laryngoscopes and other safety drugs, besides a specially designed bed for Abd El Aty. — Bernama