The “heaviest” man of Pakistan, who weighs over 330 kg, was shifted to a hospital in the city of Lahore for his treatment, authorities said.
According to reports, a group of civilian and army rescueteams transferred Noor Hassan, who hails from Sadiqabad district in Punjabprovince, with a special military helicopter, Xinhua news agency.
Pakistani Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa madespecial arrangements for Hassan’s transfer and treatment after he appealed tothe former for help.
Hassan, who is unable to move freely due to being overweightand also because of other medical complications, will get treatment, includinglaparoscopic surgery, at the hospital in Lahore.
The rescue teams had to break the wall of his house to takehim outside as he was too big to pass through the main gate of his house, thereports said.
Media reports term Hassan as the heaviest man in Pakistan,but there is no official confirmation about this.
Earlier in 2017, Pakistan’s most obese person with a weightof 360 kg underwent a laparoscopic surgery and succeeded to decrease his weightbelow 200 kg.
According to a survey report released by the Pakistan EndocrineSociety last year, 29 per cent of the Pakistani population is overweight, outof which 51 per cent are categorized in the obesity class.