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Egyptian named 'world's heaviest woman' dies in Abu Dhabi
Egyptian named 'world's heaviest woman' dies in Abu Dhabi
El Aty was just 38 when she died. Her UAE hospital said in a statement that she took her last breath on Monday morning, ending her long battle with weight.
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Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty [Muffazal Lakdawala]
An Egyptian named the "world's heaviest woman" has passed away on Monday at a hospital in Abu Dhabi, where she was receiving treatment for weight-related health conditions.
Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty was just 38 when she died. Her UAE hospital said in a statement that El Aty took her last breath at 4:35am on Monday morning. She died due to an intestinal shock and malfunction of the body, including kidney failure.
She weighed 500 kilogrammes (1,100 pounds) when she arrived in Mumbai in February on a specially modified plane to undergo emergency weight-loss surgery.
As a child El Aty was diagnosed with elephantiasis, a condition that causes immobility by intense swelling.
El Aty also suffered a stroke and several other serious ailments including diabetes, high-blood pressure, hypertension and insomnia.
Indian surgeon Muffazal Lakdawala had offered to carry out the procedure free of charge after hearing about Eman Ahmed Abdel Aty, who at that time weighed around 500 kilogrammes. Prior to her treatement, she had not left her room in 25 years, her sister said.
In March, it seemed as though she was on the road to recovery after she had lost 100kg (220lbs) and was ready to undergo surgery.
Doctors said she was able to lose half her weight - around a quarter of a tonne - in the two months since she went to India for treatment. Videos provided last week by Saifee Hospital, where the 37-year-old had bariatric surgery earlier this year, showed Eman sitting up and smiling.
She weighed 500 kilogrammes (1,100 pounds) when she arrived in Mumbai in February on a specially modified plane to undergo emergency weight-loss surgery.
As a child El Aty was diagnosed with elephantiasis, a condition that causes immobility by intense swelling.
El Aty also suffered a stroke and several other serious ailments including diabetes, high-blood pressure, hypertension and insomnia.
Indian surgeon Muffazal Lakdawala had offered to carry out the procedure free of charge after hearing about Eman Ahmed Abdel Aty, who at that time weighed around 500 kilogrammes. Prior to her treatement, she had not left her room in 25 years, her sister said.
In March, it seemed as though she was on the road to recovery after she had lost 100kg (220lbs) and was ready to undergo surgery.
Doctors said she was able to lose half her weight - around a quarter of a tonne - in the two months since she went to India for treatment. Videos provided last week by Saifee Hospital, where the 37-year-old had bariatric surgery earlier this year, showed Eman sitting up and smiling.
But in April, a Facebook post by Eman's sister Shaimaa Selim on Monday called the doctors "liars", claiming they "put Eman on massive medication to stop her brain activity".
Selim said the problem started when the doctors told her she was ready to be discharged because all she needed was "physiotherapy".
"Eman is critical for the past one-and-a-half months and she has been put on massive medication to stop brain activity. Her face and hands are blue," Selim said in the video.
She was then transferred to a hospital in Abu Dhabi, where she spent the remaining months of her life.More In News
