Forklift used to move 300kg Indonesian man to hospital


Muhammad Fajri has been obese since he was 11, and was bed-bound for the past eight months. PHOTOS: SCREENGRAB FROM JALAN VIRAL/TWITTER, VIRAL.DONGS/TIKTOK

JAKARTA, June 12 (The Straits Times/ANN): An Indonesian man who weighs 300kg had to be moved with a forklift from his home to a pick-up truck to take him to hospital.

Authorities said Muhammad Fajri, 27, was admitted to a hospital in the city of Tangerang, about 35km from the Indonesian capital city of Jakarta on June 7, after he developed complications from being bed-bound for the last eight months.

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