Did you know that 37-year old Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty once weighed 1,102 pounds (500 kg), becoming the second heaviest woman in history after Carol Yager, an American who died in 1994 and was said to have weighed about 1,603 lb (727 kg)?

Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty, an Egyptian, was born on 9 September 1980. She was considered to be the heaviest living woman in the world and the second heaviest woman in history, after Carol Yager. However, at 4 feet 7+1⁄2 inches (141 cm), Eman was about a foot shorter than 5-foot-7-inch (170 cm) Yager, giving her the highest recorded BMI at 251.1 and body fat percentage. Her initial weight was claimed to be around 500 kilograms (1,100 lb).

Eman's family said Eman had weighed 11 pounds (5 kg) at birth and suffered from thyroid problems since she was a child. She lived in Alexandria. The thyroid gland produces hormones that help regulate metabolism. By fifth grade, she'd stopped going to school because she'd begun to have difficulties moving and walking.

For the past two decades, Eman has barely left her room, her family reported. She suffered a stroke and, unable to move or communicate, her weight increased to more than 1,000 pounds. Her health deteriorated rapidly.

Her sister created a social media campaign last year and Lakdawala responded by offering to help. His proposed three-and-a-half year plan including two operations to help her reduce her weight to less than 220 pounds (100kg).

Eman overcame a number of hurdles to reach what her family had hoped to be a life-saving surgery in Mumbai, including an initial refusal to grant her a visa because of her inability to get to the embassy in person. After surmounting that problem with the help of an Indian minister, she then faced the difficulty of boarding an airplane.

Egypt Air specially adapted a cargo plane to transport her to India. In February 2017, Abd El Aty travelled to Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Saifee Hospital where a group of doctors, headed by Muffazal Lakdawala, treated her successfully using bariatric surgery. They included an endocrinologist, a chest physician, cardiologist, a cardiac surgeon, two bariatric surgeons, two intensivists, and three anaesthetists.

All signs looked positive immediately following the surgery for Eman, who had lost more than 200 pounds prior to the operation. The procedure involves removing part of the stomach so that only a "sleeve," roughly the size and shape of a banana, is left behind, along with the muscle that controls emptying food into the intestine. 

She remained in Mumbai after the operation for several months. The aim was to perform two operations, and during the next three and a half years, reduce her weight to less than 100 kg (220 lb). She lost about 325 kg (720 lb) after undergoing weight-loss treatment in India.

Following the surgery, Lakdawala said her kidney function had improved. The plan was to then send her home to Egypt and schedule a second surgery for next year.

Eman was later transferred to Burjeel Hospital in Abu Dhabi. She left on 4 May 2017 for the United Arab Emirates for long-term treatment. There, her condition was managed by a medical team of more than 20 doctors in different specialties. However, her heart and kidneys could no longer function. The doctors, treating her, said she was also suffering from a "cardiac issue" and infected bed sores.

On September 9, Eman celebrated her 37th birthday. But 16 days later, on Monday, 25 September 2017, she died at 4:35 pm, due to complications from the underlying comorbid conditions, including heart disease and kidney dysfunction, at Burjeel Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE since her admission to the hospital in May.

According to CNN report, her family expressed appreciation for the care provided by Burjeel Hospital and the support of the people of the UAE, according to the hospital statement, while the Hospital staff said in a statement that, “Our prayers and heartfelt condolences go out to her family.”

May her soul rest on peacefully.

Sources:

CNN & Wikipedia

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