STUCK IN BED: Mr Mohd Naim Itam Ahmad has been battling with his weight since 1993. He lives with his parents (in the background). PICTURE: HARIAN METRO
MR MOHD Naim Itam Ahmad has been bedridden since last year because he could not haul his own body off the bed.
And this is because he weighs about 300kg, reported Harian Metro, making him the most obese man in Perak.
His waistline is about 330 cm .
The 44-year-old has been unable to move for about a year.
His battle with the flab began in 1993 when he was dropped from the army due to his size.
He then started working as a security guard in schools, but after the third school, he had to quit as he kept putting on weight.
The report did not state whether his diet contributed to his weight gain.
A year ago, he also found that he could no longer ride his motorcycle.
That was when he became completely bedridden, spending his days lying on the bed in his Kampung Teluk home.
His condition also made it difficult for him to urinate and move his bowels.
Anxious for a solution to his continuous weight gain, his mother, Madam Saedah Ahmad Busu, 76, took him to the hospital last Saturday.
For that, she had to seek help. 'I had no choice but to call the fire and safety department to lift him into a lorry as he was too big to fit in a car.'
But doctors had no solution.
Madam Saedah said that the doctor told her to return home with her son as he had no illness, but was merely overweight.
She has also been receiving monthly aid of about RM150 ($ 63) and food from a destitute programme in her village.
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