PERPIGNAN, FRANCE - French rescuers had to go to extremes to evacuate a man suffering from morbid obesity from his flat on Tuesday , after he was immobilised in his home following an accident last year.Estimated to weigh between 250 and 300 kilos, the man, identified as"Alain P", had been unable to move from the floor after falling out of bed a year ago.
He will now be hospitalised for several months as doctors tend to his needs and try and help him lose body fat. Alain P was eventually lifted out of the flat in a large container, after workers demolished the facade to gain access.A first attempt to evacuate him last December failed after the man refused for fear of losing his flat, rescuers said.
Mustapha Sebanne, the head doctor at Montpellier's emergency services, said rescuers had coached him to try and help him out. "He's scared of this extraction. We understand, and now we've worked with him to get him in the right frame of mind, there's a form of trust between us," Sebanne said.
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