Half tonne Egyptian woman dies in UAE

Egyptian patient Iman Ahmed Abdullatif, who weighs 500kg

The fattest woman in the world has died in a medical centre in the UAE.

The Burjeel Medical Centre in Abu Dhabi announced the death of Egyptian Iman Abdullatif yesterday due to organ failure.

“Iman was under the supervision of a medical team of more than 20 doctors from various disciplines who have successfully improved her health status since she arrived in the UAE but she succumbed to her fight against obesity and breathed her last breath early this morning.”

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Abdullatif arrived in Abu Dhabi from Mumbai, India, on a private plane belonging to Egypt Air after a dispute between her family and the medical team tasked with taking care of her in India.

She weighed approximately 500 kilogrammes and was told she needed to lose 100 kilogrammes before she could undergo lifesaving surgery.

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