The World’s Former Heaviest Woman Is Dead

The woman once dubbed 'the
heaviest in the world', has died in a
hospital in the United Arab Emirates
aged 37.

Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty, from
Alexandria, Egypt, once weighed
1,100lbs, and before her surgery earlier
this year had not left her house since
she was 17.


Doctors at Burjeel Hospital in Abu Dhabi
said Miss Ahmed Abd El Aty had died
due to complications from her weight,
including heart disease and kidney
dysfunction.


Doctors blamed her weight on a thyroid
condition, while her family claimed she
suffered from elephantitis.



In March Miss Ahmed Abd El Aty was
flown to Saifee Hospital in Mumbai,
India, on a modified plane.



She successfully underwent a gastric
sleeve surgery and was reported in April
to have lost 660 lbs – more than half of
her bodyweight.


Miss Ahmed Abd El Aty arrived in the UAE
in May, and was receiving care from a
team of 20 doctors at Burjeel Hospital.