'World's heaviest woman' has surgery in India, loses 100 kgs

Egyptian patient Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty lies in a hospital bed at The Saifee Hospital in Mumbai on March 8, 2017, after her bariatric surgery.-AFP

Mumbai (AFP) - Indian doctors said Thursday that an Egyptian who is believed to be the world's heaviest woman had successfully undergone weight-loss surgery after losing over 100 kilograms (220 pounds).

Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty, who previously weighed around 500 kilos, had not left her house in Egypt in over two decades until arriving in Mumbai last month for bariatric surgery.