World's heaviest woman Eman Ahmed undergoes successful bariatric surgery

Mumbai: The world's heaviest woman Eman Ahmed underwent a successful weight-reduction surgery at Mumbai's Saifee Hospital on March 7, a medical bulletin said on Thursday.

The Egyptian woman has already lost over 120 kg and presents a different picture since her admission in the hospital. It is said that the surgery will also help her shed more weight.

The bariatric surgery was conducted under the supervision of well-known surgeon Muffazal Lakdawala, Chairman of Saifee Hospital's Institute of Minimal Access Surgical Sciences & Research Centre.

Though the hospital authorities declined to give details of the actual weight loss accrued till date, it is believed to be another 100 kgs or so.

A hospital medical bulletin said on Thursday, "The medical team of Saifee Hospital successfully performed a Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy surgery on Eman on March 7. She had an uneventful surgery and anaesthesia course".

She is now on oral fluids and is accepting them well as the weight-reduction course progresses.

The hospital said, "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 patient is now in post-op care and we will share more updates in due course".

Earlier, Lakdawala had said that they planned to reduce another around 150-200 kgs and bring her around to 100 kgs or less.

Eman's condition will now be monitored before the next surgery is fixed to bring her down to a lean and trim 100 kgs or so.

The 37-year-old brought from Alexandria on February 11, 2017 for a weight loss programme which includes surgery, has showed exceptional improvement despite suffering multiple strokes in between.

The hospital has already announced that all the treatment for the high-profile patient would be free of cost.

(With IANS inputs)