KEPALA BATAS: A 300kg man from Kampung Pokok Tampang in Tasek Gelugor here had to be helped by firefighters to put him into an ambulance.
It took seven firefighters about an hour to cart the 26-year-old man from his house onto an ambulance to take him to Seberang Jaya Hospital.
Penang Fire and Rescue Department assistant director of operations John Sagun Francis said the department received a call from his family at 8.18am on Thursday (Oct 29) asking for help to hoist the victim.
"The victim was too weak but he was conscious when the firefighters from Tasek Gelugor fire station arrived at about 8.30am," he said.
John said the firefighters used bedsheets to hoist the obese victim from his room and put him onto a private ambulance.
The operation ended at about 9.30am.
