Saudi Arabia: At 453 kilograms, woman claimed to be world’s heaviest transported to hospital by Civil Defense and Red Crescent

Abu Dhabi: The Taif Health Emergency Department in Saudi Arabia has transported an obese woman weighing 453 kilograms to King Abdulaziz Specialist Hospital. Participation of specialised units from the Civil Defense and the Red Crescent was required, local media reported.

The spokesman for Taif Health Department, Siraj Al Humaidan, said the Red Crescent had received an alert to transport the Saudi patient, claimed to be the world’s heaviest, to the hospital, and accordingly, a highly-equipped squad from the Emergency Department, the Red Crescent and Civil Defense moved the woman from her home to the ambulance, then she was transferred to King Abdulaziz Specialist Hospital to receive the necessary treatment.