FIREFIGHTERS have been called out to rescue at least 220 obese Scots over the past five years who were too overweight to move themselves.
FIREFIGHTERS have been called out to rescue at least 220 obese Scots over the past five years who were too overweight to move themselves.
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Claire McKim
Victims – some weighing up to 50 stone – had to be lifted to safety after falling off beds, chairs and hospital trolleys or getting jammed in baths, toilets and behind doors.
Firefighters were summoned by police, ambulance crews, coastguards, carers and even undertakers – who were physically unable to move obese people. In some cases it was necessary for crews to use specialist lifting equipment.
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