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450-Kilo South African Man Finally Able to Receive Medical Treatment for Ascites

by Mita Majumdar on Jul 3 2015 11:55 AM

450-Kilo South African Man Finally Able to Receive Medical Treatment for Ascites
South African Corrie Le Grange, weighing 450 kg, was finally admitted to a hospital in Johannesburg for specialized treatment after being turned away by ten hospitals which said they could not accommodate a person of his size, according to a media report.
With a system of sheets and ropes, relatives and neighbors helped move the 60-year-old Corrie Le Grange from his home in Edenvale, east of Johannesburg, into a van parked outside his front door.

He was later transferred to Charlotte Maxeke Hospital in Johannesburg where he would be treated for ascites, a disease that causes fluid buildup around vital organs and causes huge weight gain.

Several hospitals in the area previously refused to admit the patient for not having the necessary equipment to treat such a heavy patient.

Health department spokesman Steve Mabona confirmed to Eyewitness News station that the patient entered the hospital and would receive treatment.

Le Grange’s family also transported his custom-made bed from his home to the hospital on a trailer to ensure that the doctors would not refuse him.

Shammy Rademeyer, Corrie’s distressed girlfriend, said she hoped doctors could help drain the lethal fluids, as he would die if nobody helped him.

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