Emergency services abandoned plans to transfer him to another unit by air ambulance due to his size

Francisco Silva Araujo Junior, 23, who is believed to weigh more than 40st 9lbs, was taken to hospital in Serrinha in Bahia after breaking a leg.

But emergency services were forced to abandon plans to transfer him to another unit by air ambulance because of his size.

Instead, it took a dozen men to lift him into a normal ambulance for the three-hour drive to Salvador.