国际英语新闻:World's most obese man to undergo weight-loss treatment in Mexico
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) -- The world's most obese man in Mexico is about to undergo weight-loss treatment, local media reported on Wednesday.
Juan Pedro Franco, 32, weighing nearly half a ton, was transported Tuesday night by a specially-adapted van from his hometown of Aguascalientes in central Mexico, to a private clinic in the city of Guadalajara in western Mexico.
"To date, there has been no patient on the planet that weights this much," his surgeon Jose Antonio Castaneda Cruz said.
Franco, who suffers from morbid obesity, diabetes and hypothyroidism, "was in a good mood last night as photo and video cameras filmed his admission to the clinic," the daily El Debate said on its website.
"He took his cellphone and snapped several photos of the reporters, and said jokingly, 'this is so you know how it feels,'" the daily said.
Castaneda told reporters the plan is to have Franco lose some weight over the next six months to prepare him for bariatric surgery.
"We are being cautious. We are seeing how much weight he can lose in order to operate on him," Castaneda said.
"Due to the difficulty of the trip, his glucose levels are out of control," he added.
Franco contacted the clinic after coming across their weight-loss treatments online.
相关文章
- 欧美文化:Emergency rooms see more gun violence victims in U.S. in 1st year of pandemic: CNN
- 欧美文化:Sri Lankan military authorized to maintain law, order amid unrest
- 欧美文化:Spanish government sacks spy chief after phone tapping scandal
- 欧美文化:Turkey, Kazakhstan aim to reach 10 bln USD in bilateral trade: president
- 欧美文化:UN chief condemns attacks on civilians by armed group in DRC
- 欧美文化:Moroccan, Egyptian FMs discuss prospects of bolstering cooperation
- 欧美文化:Macron visits Berlin on first foreign trip after re-election
- 欧美文化:Ukrainian president, Swedish PM discuss defense support for Ukraine over phone
- 欧美文化:Lebanon condemns deadly attack in Egypt's Sinai
- 欧美文化:Voting begins in Philippine elections