[Adder]

The whole sad story is one big joke.
We are supposed to feel sorry for these pigs?
It the hospital's fault that they don't have construction cranes in place to hoist and shuffle these hogs around?
That is the implication....wait for the lawsuits then hold on to your wallet as the hospitals have to pay for devices the handle these pigs.
This is just part of a well orchestrated scheme like the no smoking campaigns. This one started in 1996 or so with the revision of the ideal weight chart[downward] intantly creating a 20% rise in obesity.
Just watch how much concern is coming your weigh over your health, individually and as a taxpayer sucking more $$'s from your wallets.

[sgtbono2002]

There are things readily available that could be used to help these folks if the effort were made. Hoists for auto engines and tarps sewn for slings. You could place a chain fall in one of the hospital rooms for about $1,000. The problem is hospitals think they have to go to hospital supply houses for their needs, and say medical and the price goes up. Everything medicval has to be chromed or stainless steel, when a painted lift from the garage will do the same job.How much can it cost to build a wooden bench strong enough to hold the fattest person in the world? Hey it may not be a lounge chair but its better then standing.

[The Duke]

We are supposed to feel sorry for these pigs?

Actually, I don't feel nearly as sorry for "these pigs" as I do for those, such as yourself, who apparently only take glee in their misfortune. I suspect it is the very evil that drives us to kick a dog when it's down that causes many of the obese to look away from the world and towards the refrigerator.

The obese have no more problems than anyone else I've ever known, theirs are simply more visible.