Noor Hassan will be airlifted from Sadiqabad to Lahore on COAS’ directives on TuesdayRAWALPINDI / SADIQABAD: Taking notice of an appeal made on social media, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa has directed a special medical treatment for a 330 kilogramme obese man from Sadiqabad, Punjab. Noor Hassan, who cannot travel in ambulance by road, will be airlifted in a military helicopter to Lahore on Tuesday. Gujranwala man pleads with doctors to amputate his 150kg legIn 2017, the country’s most obese man Muhammad Naveed underwent laparoscopic surgery in Lahore. The then 42-year-old weighed 360kg owing to family tendency and overeating. He was said to lose 150 kilos in six months after the surgery.
Source: The Express Tribune June 17, 2019 18:27 UTC