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300 kg Thai woman takes crane to hospital

Updated on: 26 August,2010 02:18 PM IST  | 
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Bangkok city officials Thursday deployed a heavy-lift crane to move a woman weighing 300 kg down from her apartment, two storeys up, to get to hospital.

300 kg Thai woman takes crane to hospital

Bangkok city officials Thursday deployed a heavy-lift crane to move a woman weighing 300 kg down from her apartment, two storeys up, to get to hospital.


Amnuayporn Thongprapai, 40, agreed to the dramatic departure in order to receive treatment for sores that covered her legs, believed to be a symptom of diabetes, Thai television reported.


She had not budged from her Bangkok apartment for the past three years, the report said.


The Bangkok Metropolitan Authority officials had to widen the window to get her on to the platform bed of the crane, usually used for evacuating heavy objects from burning buildings and other heavy-lift emergencies.

Amnuayporn said she hoped her neighbours would help take care of her two young sons during her treatment at Bangkok Central Hospital.

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