Rescue Team Struggles to Transport 314kg Man to Hospital

[Georgealbert]

 

Picture from responders.

 

A volunteer rescue team faced a major challenge when attempting to transport a 30-year-old man weighing 314kg to hospital after he suffered from exhaustion, fever, and weakness.

 

The incident occurred on 6 February at a house in Soi Wachirathamsathit 17, Sukhumvit 101/1, in Bangkok’s Phra Khanong district. The man, who has long struggled with severe obesity, required medical care at Sirindhorn Hospital and needed immediate assistance due to breathing difficulties and fatigue.

 

Phongsit Rakkapao, a 29-year-old volunteer from the Ruamkatanyu Foundation’s Bang Na unit, said that upon receiving the emergency call, rescuers arrived to find the man in distress. “He was extremely weak, and moving him was a huge challenge,” Phongsit explained. The team initially requested an Erawan emergency vehicle to assist, but due to his size, they were unable to lift him into the ambulance.

 

A pickup truck was then called in as an alternative, but the patient’s condition made even minor movements difficult. As a last resort, the team asked the man’s father if he knew anyone with a truck having a sliding loading bed. Fortunately, a neighbour was able to provide one.

 

After a gruelling rescue effort lasting four hours, the team carefully manoeuvred the patient onto the slide truck and transported him to Sirindhorn Hospital. Doctors were reportedly shocked by his condition, having never encountered a patient of his weight. However, initial reports from the hospital indicate that his condition is improving.

 

The man’s father, Prayong, 72, revealed that his son had started gaining excessive weight at around the age of four and had never received medical treatment apart from for high blood pressure. He works from home as a craftsman making amulet frames and has led a sedentary lifestyle.

 

Now that he has been admitted to hospital, his father hopes that he will begin a weight-loss programme, incorporating exercise and dietary control. “We are very grateful to the rescue team for their dedication and patience in getting my son to hospital,” Prayong said.

 

-- 2025-02-08

 

 

[Gottfrid]

Really! When people put themselves in a shape and condition as this, they should not have to struggle. There should just be a limit. Let´s say we set it at 200 kg, which is far generous. More than that, they will have to order a lorry with a crane all be themselves.

[Gsxrnz]

If somebody had a dog or cat and fed them so much as to be five times their normal weight, they would be demonized.

 

Who are the people that fed this bloke 20,000 calories a day for many years, and why aren't they being prosecuted?  The dude obviously didn't go to Tesco's and buy his own pies. 

[steven100]

irresponsible parents again ...   no pity 

 

uneducated knuckleheads.

 

 

 

[hotsun]

Looks like the average american

[garygooner]

Movie ... The Whale.  🐳

[KireB]

3 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

Really! When people put themselves in a shape and condition as this, they should not have to struggle. There should just be a limit. Let´s say we set it at 200 kg, which is far generous. More than that, they will have to order a lorry with a crane all be themselves.

At least half of the AseanNow posters weighs 30 stones or more.

[meauwnam]

I wonder who will pay for the treatments in the hospital. Does he have insurance? That would be strange because he has high blood pressure. I don't think the 30 baht per month insurance for poor locals covers this.

[Gottfrid]

8 hours ago, KireB said:

At least half of the AseanNow posters weighs 30 stones or more.

Absolutely not! It must be fluffy in your fantasy world.

[PopGun]

49:1/2 Stone 😲

How did he manage his personal hygiene ?

His arms are not long enough to perform the the necessary Rs cleaning function.

[lordgrinz]

12 hours ago, hotsun said:

Looks like the average american

 

I'll have you know I am only 1/3 his weight 🤪

[PingRoundTheWorld]

This level of obesity should be a crime. It's a wonder he made it to 30. Likely won't make it much more unless he changes his habits drastically. Good luck is all I can say...

[still kicking]

12 hours ago, KireB said:

At least half of the AseanNow posters weighs 30 stones or more.

Nonsense

[Jim Blue]

16 minutes ago, still kicking said:

Nonsense

 

13 hours ago, KireB said:

At least half of the AseanNow posters weighs 30 stones or more.

Stones  ? How quaint !

[still kicking]

4 minutes ago, Jim Blue said:

 

Stones  ? How quaint !

Why use stones when the whole world uses KG?

[PopGun]

1 hour ago, still kicking said:

Why use stones when the whole world uses KG?

Because we are British and of certain age 😄

[scottiejohn]

6 hours ago, still kicking said:

Why use stones when the whole world uses KG?

It doesn't! 

I think you meant "most"!

[Gottfrid]

7 hours ago, PopGun said:

Because we are British and of certain age 😄

You mean citizens of a country that never evolved when others around did?

[Elvis Presley]

How does one even manage to get into a shape such as this?

 

I mean I'm no athlete, but 314kg??

 

That is beyond ridiculous! 

 

regards,

Elvis.

[simon43]

On 2/8/2025 at 8:02 AM, Gottfrid said:

Really! When people put themselves in a shape and condition as this, they should not have to struggle. There should just be a limit. Let´s say we set it at 200 kg, which is far generous. More than that, they will have to order a lorry with a crane all be themselves.

Thank-you for your compassion....

[Moonlover]

Kudos to the rescue team here for using their initiative. I'm assuming this poor guy was on the ground, otherwise moving him would have been a very major issue.

 

I recall a BBC documentary on obesity some years ago. An American women of similar proportions had been stuck in her upstairs bedroom for 10 years or so. When it came to moving her out to a hospital, they had to remove the window and a portion of the side wall and bring in a crane to lift her out!

[connda]

Dude's not going to make it to 31.

[Liverpool Lou]

On 2/8/2025 at 8:20 AM, Gsxrnz said:

Who are the people that fed this bloke 20,000 calories a day for many years, and why aren't they being prosecuted? 

What would be the offence?   Perhaps he chose to eat excessively of his own accord and was not "fed".