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MEXICO CITY — A Mexican man who weighs about 1,100 pounds (500 kilos) and who hadn’t left his bed in six years has been removed for medical treatment.

Special equipment was required to move 32-year-old Juan Pedro, a resident of the central Mexican city of Aguascalientes, on Tuesday. He is unable to walk due to his weight.

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Gabriela Centeno, a spokeswoman for Pedro’s doctor, Jose Antonio Castaneda, said the patient was taken to hospital in Guadalajara, where blood samples were taken.

Centeno said Pedro will remain in Guadalajara for several months to receive medical treatment.

Mexican Manuel Uribe was once considered the world’s heaviest man, before he died in 2014 at age 48. Uribe’s peak weight of 1,230 pounds (560 kilograms) was certified in 2006 as a Guinness World Record.