Doctors at Abu Dhabi’s Brujeel hospital said that multiple co-morbid complications including heart disease and kidney dysfunction led to her death
Eman Ahmed, the world’s heaviest woman until January, who underwent surgery for weight loss earlier this year, passed away in Abu Dhabi on Monday morning. Doctors at Abu Dhabi’s Brujeel hospital said that multiple co-morbid complications including heart disease and kidney dysfunction led to her death.
Ahmed, who was originally from Egypt, weighed around 500 kg when she was first brought to Mumbai’s Saifee Hospital to undergo weight loss surgery in February. Before her trip to India, Eman’s family used to take care of her. Her sister, Shaimaa Selim and her mother Sana Selim spent 7,000 Egyptian pounds each month to look after the bed-ridden Eman.
The 36-year-old was then flown to India in a special aircraft to undergo obesity management. She was treated by a group of 15 doctors led by Dr. Muffazal Lakdwala at Mumbai’s Saifee hospital. Apart from the obesity, Eman also suffered from sleep apnea, hypothyroid, diabetes, hypertension, kidney problems and fluid retention.
Eman who weighed around 176 kgs then, left for Abu Dhabi in May. Eman had started physiotherapy to focus on her leg muscles. Doctors in Brujeel hospital had hoped to conduct liposuction and abdominoplasty surgery to help her shed the extra kilos around her arms, face and stomach. The surgeries, however, could not be conducted. A correction surgery of hip, knee and joints was also planned.
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