印度醫生將爲一名500公斤重的女子動手術

An Egyptian woman, believed to be the world's heaviest woman at 500kg, will soon be flown to India for weight reduction surgery.

一名重達500公斤的埃及女性被認爲是世界上最重的女人，不久她將飛往印度進行減重手術。

Eman Ahmed, 36, will be flown on a chartered plane to Mumbai where bariatric surgeon Dr Muffazal Lakdawala plans to operate.

36歲的埃曼·艾哈邁德將乘坐包機飛往孟買，在那裏，肥胖外科醫生穆法扎爾·拉達瓦拉計劃爲她實施手術。

The Indian embassy in Cairo initially denied her visa request as she was unable to travel there in person. After the surgeon tweeted to India's foreign minister that changed.

由於她不能親自前往孟買，起初駐開羅印度大使館拒絕了她的簽證要求。但當外科醫生給印度外交部部長髮推特以後，事情發生了變化。

India's External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, who is herself in hospital awaiting a kidney transplant, was quick to respond with an offer of help.

印度外交部長蘇什馬·斯瓦拉傑正在醫院等待腎移植，她迅速做出迴應提供幫助。

Ms Ahmed's family says she hasn't been able to leave home for 25 years now and claims she weighs 500kg.

艾哈邁德女士的家人表示，25年以來，她一直無法離家，並聲稱她有500公斤重。

If the claim about her weight is true, then that would make her the world's heaviest woman alive as the current Guinness record holder is Pauline Potter of the United States who weighed 292kg in 2010.

如果關於她體重的聲明是真實的，那她將成爲世界上在世的最重女性，目前的吉尼斯紀錄保持者是美國人保琳·波特，她2010年的體重爲292公斤。

Ms Ahmed's family says she weighed 5kg at birth and was diagnosed with elephantiasis, a condition in which a limb or other body parts swell due to a parasitic infection, Dr Lakdawala told the BBC in a phone call from Mumbai.

拉達瓦拉醫生在孟買同BBC通話時談到，艾哈邁德女士的家人稱，剛出生時，她的體重爲五公斤，並且被診斷出象皮病--這是一種肢體或者身體其他部分由於寄生蟲感染而腫脹的病。

"They said when she was 11, she had gained immense weight because of which she could not stand up and would crawl. And then she suffered a stroke which left her bedridden and she has not been able to leave home since then."

“他們說，她11歲時體重暴漲，因爲她站不起來也不能爬動。之後，她受到中風的折磨，這使得她臥牀不起，自此之後無法離家。”

"She would need to remain in Mumbai for two to three months for the surgery and treatment after which she would be able to return home, but it would take two to three years to bring her body weight under 100kg," the surgeon said.

拉達瓦拉醫生說：“爲了手術和治療，她需要在孟買待兩到三個月，之後能夠回家。但是需要兩到三年的時間，她的體重才能降到100公斤內。”