People with significant obesity are much slower in their recovery and rehabilitation in hospital
People with significant obesity are much slower in their recovery and rehabilitation in hospital
8 July 2019
A Radio New Zealand report says four severely overweight patients are stuck in Middlemore Hospital - with nowhere suitable to go.
Otago University deputy medicine department head Jeremy Krebs says they need specialist mobility equipment.
He says if they go home, they could have a fall or their caregivers at home won't to be able to manage because of their size.
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