Merri wrote:
Emergency medical technicians summoned to the home of a grossly overweight
woman in Stuart, Fla., in August had the usual problems removing her
(inadequate stretcher, doorways too small), but there was a more serious
concern for the 480-pound woman: She had not budged from her couch in several
years, and its covering had become grafted onto her skin, requiring her to be
transported while on the couch (and the couch surgically removed at Martin
Memorial Hospital). (She died in the hospital, of breathing complications.)
[WFTV-TV (Orlando), 8-11-04]
There has got to be some really serious hygene issues to go along with that.