World's heaviest person is coming to Mumbai for emergency operation

Iman Ahmad Abdulati has been obese since birth but the condition has now become lifethreateningThe worldrsquos heaviest person Iman Ahmad Abdulati has not left her house in Egypt in 25 years Now as she steps out for the first time it will be to fly to Mumbai for a lifesaving surgery that will help her lose weight and regain her life At 500 kg she has already smashed all world records but has not made it to the Guinness Book of World Record yet And if all goes well she never willRead Story At 500 kg worlds fattest woman hasnt left her home in 25 yearsAt 500 kg Iman is the worldrsquos heaviest person but is yet to be recognised as such by the Guinness Book of World RecordsIman 36 has suffered from acute obesity since birth over the years her condition went from bad to worse even causing a stroke in her early childhood For the past 13 years she has been bedridden completely dependent on her family for all her needs including being fed and bathedDoctors in Egypt had diagnosed Iman with Elephantiasis a parasitic infection that is caused by the filarial worm transmitted to humans via female mosquitoes It causes extreme swelling in a personrsquos limbs and arms However as Iman kept gaining weight her sister began to write to doctors across the world desperately searching for someone who could save her life Finally the familyrsquos prayers were answered by Mumbaibased bariatric surgeon Dr Muffazzal Lakdawala According to him Iman is suffering from acute obesity and he believes that surgery finally give Iman the life she has always wantedldquoI have a friend in Egypt who informed me about the case and I agreed to help the patient The family went through my profile and agreed to come to Mumbai for the surgeryrdquo recalled LakdawalaVisa problemsBut Imanrsquos weight nearly got in the way again when the family realised that they would need to take her to the embassy to get the visa ldquoIman canrsquot move because of her condition and due to her weight it is near impossible to move her But the Indian Embassy in Cairo wasnrsquot ready to accept it The officers thought that the family was bluffing and kept asking the family members to bring Iman to the embassy to scan her fingerprint They didnrsquot pay any heed to the familyrsquos requests and as a result Imanrsquos visa was rejectedrdquo said Lakdawala who even provided a reference letter to the embassy which went ignoredSushma saves the dayIt was Sushma Swaraj Union Minister of External Affairs who came to their rescue In a desperate bid on Monday Lakdawala tweeted to her about the plight of the patient The minister who is also undergoing treatment at AIIMS in Delhi replied immediately and Imanrsquos medical visa was approved the same afternoon ldquoHer visa got approved in the afternoon and she will be flying to Mumbai this weekrdquo said the triumphant doctorMedical marvelConsidering her weight surgery will be risky but if successful it will be nothing short of a medical marvel ldquoHer life is at risk She is a living time bomb We have to take special precautions in this case to ensure there are no problems in the lung or the risk of a blood clotrdquo said Lakdawala who is planning a series of surgeries over the span of a year He is contemplating using methods such as the balloon procedure or perhaps sleeve surgery While the first surgery itself will not lead to much weight loss after two or three years he anticipates that Iman could shed as much as 400 kg