Two of the most popular hospitals in India have explained why they have refused to operate on overweight patients.
Two of Delhi’s well-known government-run hospitals, LNJP and GB Pant, have decided not to operate on patients above 80 kg, because their operation tables are too old and rickety.
The situaton started when operating doctors at the LNJP hospital found that the table was shaking rigorously under one of their patient’s weight.
Moments later, the table broke and the patient, who was under anaesthesia, fell on the floor. The surgery was somehow completed and a life saved.
However, the episode left the Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC) and its associated LNJP and GB Pant hospital doctors shaken.