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Heavy burden of being obese: overweight and undertreated

Published: 10 August, 2009, 09:31


A man from the Russian Far East, weighing over 300 kilos, is not getting the medical treatment he needs because he can't get to the hospital. He developed a weight disorder after taking drugs for meningitis.

 
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