Eighteen-year-old Fahd Al-Shammari, a Saudi obese patient who was receiving treatment at King Fahd Medical City in Riyadh, left hospital on Monday after showing tremendous improvement in his condition.
Al-Shammari weighed 295 kg when he was admitted to the Riyadh hospital. Doctors succeeded in removing 20 kg from his body and they said his condition was stable.
“There is remarkable improvement in Al-Shammari’s condition,” said Dr. Ayed Al-Qahtani, consultant in laparoscopic surgery and obesity and the head of the medical team treating the patient.
Al-Shammari will continue to follow a special nutrition regime and physical exercises at home and would return to hospital after a month for a check up, Al-Qahtani said.
Al-Shammari has been suffering from obesity since childhood.
Al-Shammari’s father thanked Al-Qahtani and other doctors at the hospital for giving his son specialized care.
Al-Shammari leaves hospital
Al-Shammari leaves hospital
