A Saudi man weighing 1,345 pounds was airlifted to a hospital in Riyadh Monday, Reuters reports, a process that required a forklift and the partial demolition of his house. Khalid Mohsin Shaeri has been unable to leave his bedroom for the past two and a half years. Six months ago, Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah asked for Khalid to be taken to the hospital, but treatment had to wait until a special bed was made for him in the United States, according to Reuters. The 20-year-old patient was taken to King Fahd Medical City in Riyadh on Monday after the Saudi King arranged for his special air transportation from the southern city of Jazan. Multiple Saudi government organizations coordinated Shaeri's evacuation after part of his home was demolished so he could be brought down from the second floor. A forklift was used to transfer him to an ambulance which took him to a local airport in Jazan. An aircraft then flew him to Riyadh. "We have been waiting for this moment for a long time," Naser Makke, the patient's cousin, told Reuters. "The King - may God protect him and give him the long life - had given his instructions to the ministry of health to do all the arrangements to transfer the patient for treatment in a safe way." According to Reuters, Shaeri was reported to have a brother and sister who are also overweight, but able to walk. Local media reported that the Saudi Health Ministry has already dealt with other morbidly obese patients this year, including two siblings who weighed 661 pounds and 771 pounds respectively. |
據(jù)英國(guó)媒體報(bào)道,沙特政府多部門(mén)聯(lián)動(dòng),在8月19日將一名體重1345磅(約610公斤)、不能下床走路的沙特男子空運(yùn)到首都利雅得治療。 這名沙特男子叫哈立德·穆赫辛·沙伊里,現(xiàn)年20歲。由于身體過(guò)于肥胖,過(guò)去兩年半他一直不能離開(kāi)臥室。 為了讓哈立德從二樓下來(lái),有關(guān)人員拆除了哈立德的部分房屋,用叉車(chē)將他轉(zhuǎn)移到救護(hù)車(chē)上,然后送他到吉贊當(dāng)?shù)貦C(jī)場(chǎng)。在多個(gè)政府部門(mén)的配合下,哈立德終于被空運(yùn)到了利雅得的法赫德國(guó)王醫(yī)療城。 哈立德的表弟納賽爾接受采訪說(shuō):“我們等待這個(gè)時(shí)刻很久了。阿卜杜拉國(guó)王已經(jīng)下了命令,要求衛(wèi)生部盡一切努力將患者安全送到醫(yī)院接受治療?!?哈立德的弟弟和妹妹也已超重,不過(guò)兩人還能走路。 6個(gè)月前,沙特國(guó)王阿卜杜拉就要求將他送到醫(yī)院治療,不過(guò)醫(yī)院當(dāng)時(shí)沒(méi)有適合他的床,如今從美國(guó)為其定制的床已經(jīng)到位,治療工作開(kāi)始啟動(dòng)。 當(dāng)?shù)孛襟w報(bào)道說(shuō),沙特衛(wèi)生部今年已經(jīng)幫助了多名病態(tài)肥胖患者接受治療,包括兩個(gè)體重分別為661磅(約合300公斤)和771磅(約合350公斤)的兄妹。 相關(guān)閱讀 《衛(wèi)報(bào)》記者刊發(fā)斯諾登爆料 同性伴侶倫敦機(jī)場(chǎng)被拘9小時(shí) (譯者 maxx 編輯 王輝) |