500-kg Egyptian woman lands in Mumbai, lifted by crane

Eman Ahmed, one of the heaviest women in the world weighing 500 kg, on Saturday landed here for weight reduction treatment at a local hospital and was lifted, along with the bed on which she laid while travelling, with the help of a crane.

"Eman (36), who travelled to India in an EgyptAir plane, landed at Mumbai international airport shortly after 4 AM and reached the Saifee hospital around 6 am. The special bed on which she laid during the journey was hoisted with the help of a crane," doctors said. She was transported by a fully equipped truck, which was followed by an ambulance and a police escort, to Saifee Hospital where a special room has been built for her.

The woman, who has not moved out of her house for 25 years, would be under observation for about a month before she undergoes surgery,

doctors said. She is currently under the care of a city-based bariatric surgeon Muffazal Lakdawala and his team of doctors.