300 kg obese patient dies

The Straits Times reported that Muhammad Fajri (27 years old) passed away at Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital in the Indonesian capital Jakarta at 1:25 a.m. on June 22. Hospital director Lies Dina Liasturi said the obese patient died from a severe infection in his leg.

Muhammad Fajri at a hospital in Tangerang city on June 9.

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Dr. Lies said Mr. Fajri had been treated for about a week and that 16 specialists were involved in the case.

"It's very unusual for a person to become so large. It puts a lot of pressure on the body's metabolism. The lungs and heart will have difficulty functioning, especially since he doesn't move around much," Dr. Lies said at a press conference on June 14 when the patient was admitted to the hospital. The hospital director said the patient had many infected wounds on his skin and was having difficulty breathing.

Ms Lies said the hospital had treated many obese patients, including a boy who weighed 192 kg. However, Fajri’s condition was much worse because the young man had difficulty breathing and many other complications.

Fajri was taken to a hospital in Tangerang city two weeks earlier before being transferred to a hospital in Jakarta.

Fajri was so heavy that he could not be moved, so a forklift had to be used to lift him onto a pickup truck before he was taken to the hospital. A local official said it took two hours to lift him into the truck. The door of the house was also broken to make way.

A local doctor told Kompas that the patient's obesity was due to excessive calorie intake and lack of exercise.

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