LILLE, France (Reuters) - A 585-pound French woman
who had not left home in six years was hoisted by crane from
her apartment and taken to hospital, the local fire department
said Monday.
The 49-year-old woman fell ill late Sunday but was too
large to be carried down the winding stairs of her apartment
building in the northern town of Bruay-sur-l'Escaut. It took 30
firemen six hours to extract her from the second-floor
apartment.
"After 28 years with the fire department, it's the first
time I have taken part in this kind of operation. We even had
to dismantle part of the window to evacuate the patient," said
a Bruay fire service official.
The mother of four, who suffers from respiratory problems,
was taken by fire engine to a hospital in nearby Valenciennes
where she remained in critical condition.
REUTERS
who had not left home in six years was hoisted by crane from
her apartment and taken to hospital, the local fire department
said Monday.
The 49-year-old woman fell ill late Sunday but was too
large to be carried down the winding stairs of her apartment
building in the northern town of Bruay-sur-l'Escaut. It took 30
firemen six hours to extract her from the second-floor
apartment.
"After 28 years with the fire department, it's the first
time I have taken part in this kind of operation. We even had
to dismantle part of the window to evacuate the patient," said
a Bruay fire service official.
The mother of four, who suffers from respiratory problems,
was taken by fire engine to a hospital in nearby Valenciennes
where she remained in critical condition.
REUTERS
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