Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty is believed to be the world’s heaviest woman (Picture: EPA)

An Egyptian believed to be the world’s heaviest woman at 78st has been flown to Mumbai for lifesaving surgery.

Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty, who has been unable to leave her house for 25 years, arrived in a specially modified Airbus early this morning.

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To prepare her for the flight, doctors spent the last ten days optimising the conditions to make the 36-year-old’s journey more comfortable.

Eman was lifted by a crane into Saifee Hospital where she will undergo weight reduction surgery, according to Hindustan Times.


As a child she was diagnosed with elephantiasis, a condition that causes the limbs to swell.

Eman was lifted with the help of crane to a special room of the Saifee Hospital (Picture: EPA)

But after a stroke she was left bedridden, which led to diabetes, high blood pressure, hypertension and sleep apnoea.

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Eman is believed to now weigh 78st, and if this is confirmed by doctors she will beat Pauline Potter from the US, who weighs 46st.



She will undergo Bariatric surgery, a stomach shrinking bypass procedure.

Beforehand, doctors will run a number of tests to see what is causing the huge weight gain.

Doctors will run tests to try and find out what is causing the weight gain (Picture: EPA)

Her doctor Muffazal Lakdawala helped raise money to pay for the procedure.

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In a statement, he said: ‘She, along with her sister Shaimaa Ahmed, arrived here early today. To prepare her for the flight, the team of doctors have been in Egypt for the last 10 days to optimise the conditions for her travel.

‘Given the fact that she is so heavy and not moved for the last 25 years she is at a high risk for a pulmonary embolism and hence has been put on blood thinners to try and minimise the chances of such an eventuality during her transfer.’