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'Fat' Patients Facing Ops Ban
Date: Wednesday, November 23, 2005
Source: Daily Express
The Daily Express and The Times both feature the news that Ipswich Primary Care Trust has declared that patients with a body mass index of over 30 - the level recognised by the World Health Organisation as obese - may not be eligible for hip and knee operations until they lose some weight, in a bid to save the trust money.
Dr Brian Keeble, public health director, defended the plan, saying that clinically obese patients are unlikely to recover as fast as those who are slimmer. The news has angered many patients who say that their inability to move freely often causes them to be overweight in the first place. One patient with a bmi of almost 40, said 'It's extremely difficult to lose weight - you can't exercise because of the pain'
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