Doctors in Mexico are
finally set to operate on the World's heaviest man who has been confined to his
bed for six years. Juan Pedro Franco, who once weighed more than half a ton at
595 kilos will undergo the gastric bypass surgery on the 9th of May, 2017.
'He has lost nearly 30 per cent of his initial weight, so he is ready to
undergo the bariatric surgery,' Dr. Jose Antonio Castaneda Cruz said.
Franco was removed from his home via a specially-adapted van for the
first time in six years last November and taken to a clinic 100 miles
away in Guadalajara.
The 32-year-old, from Aguascalientes in Mexico, who has type 2 diabetes,
and was initially told that he'd never walk again, is said to be almost as
obese as Mexican man Manuel Uribe - who was once considered the world's fattest
man before he died in 2014.
However, Franco noted there were other people
trapped in their homes like him. 'Some have passed away perhaps from sadness,
or because they don’t dare (to) ask for help.' he said
He urged those suffering from obesity 'to raise their voice and ask for
help since it is possible'.
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